• Rebecca Wells's Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood has sold more than 6 million copies and was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year, including 12 weeks at number one. Little Altars Everywhere has sold more than 2.5 million copies and was a New York Times bestseller for 17 weeks. Ya-Yas in Bloom was a New York Times bestseller for six weeks. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder was a New York Times bestseller in hardcover.
• The Ya-Yas remain a national phenomenon with more than 100 official Ya-Ya group chapters around the world, online message boards, reading groups and fan clubs. The official website is www.rebeccawellsbooks.com.

The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder is the sweet, sexy, funny journey of Calla Lily’s life set in Wells’ ever-expanding Louisiana landscape. In the small river town of La Luna, Calla bursts into being, a force of nature as luminous as the flower she is named for. Under the loving light of the Moon Lady, the feminine force that will guide and protect her throughout her life, Calla Lily enjoys a blissful childhood—until it is cut short by forces beyond her control. On the banks of the La Luna River, her mother, M’Dear, a woman of rapture and love, teaches Calla compassion, and passes on to her the art of healing through the humble womanly art of “fixing hair.” At her mother’s side, Calla further learns that this same touch of hands on the human body can quiet her own soul. It is also on the banks of the La Luna River that Calla encounters sweet, innocent, succulent first love, with a boy named Tuck.

But when Tuck leaves Calla with a broken heart, she transforms hurt into inspiration and heads for the wild and colorful city of New Orleans to study cosmetology at L’Académie de Beauté de Crescent. In that extravagant big river city, Calla finds her destiny—and comes to understand fully the power of her “healing hands” to change lives and soothe pain, including her own. Years later, when Tuck reappears, he presents her with an offer that is colored by the memories of lost love. But who knows how Calla Lily, a “daughter of the Moon Lady,” will respond?

A tale of family and friendship, tragedy and triumph, loss and love, The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder features the warmth, humor, soul, and wonder that have made Wells one of today’s most cherished writers, and gives us an unforgettable new heroine to treasure.