The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder (Hardcover)

from jjameli

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder is about a girl, Calla, growing up in Louisiana. It's a story of love, family, and friendship. It was hard to like this book for two main reasons. One, I didn't like Calla, Maybe I was comparing her to Vivi or something, but Vivi was a much better character...

from jjameli

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder is about a girl, Calla, growing up in Louisiana. It's a story of love, family, and friendship. It was hard to like this book for two main reasons. One, I didn't like Calla, Maybe I was comparing her to Vivi or something, but Vivi was a much better character...

from pdebolt

I wanted to like this book, but I eventually grew weary of it. The word "cloying" kept recurring to me as I read it - it was just too syrupy and too stereotypically southern for me. The emotions seemed superficial, contrived and "too precious". I actually remember having the same feelings about D...

from dldbizacct

You know those conversations you sometimes have with people where they tell in great length and detail some incident they experienced, and you're waiting excitedly for the climax but it never really comes? For me, Rebecca Wells' The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder was one of those conversatio...

from starless_

A beautiful story about love, loss, and forgiveness. Not profoundly poignant or thought provoking, the narrative may come across as rather bland at times, but it will make a good, light, poolside read. What makes the book shine is the beautiful nature of the Calla Lily, and her community of lovin...