Where the Heart Is

Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend.

Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change. But Novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small Southwest town -- a group of down-to-earth, deeply caring people willing to help a homeless, jobless girl living secretly in a Wal-Mart. From Bible-thumping blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband to eccentric librarian Forney Hull who loves Novalee more than she loves herself, they are about to take her -- and you, too -- on a moving, funny, and unforgettable journey to... "Where the Heart Is."

Winner of the Walker Percy Award. An Alternate Selection of The Literary Guild and of The Doubleday Book Club.

"It isn't only that Billie Letts has a talent for humor and an ear for Wal-Mart vernaculars, but that she has a genuine affection for her characters. Novalee and Sister and Forney are marvelouslyreal, and they make reading "Where the Heart Is" pure pleasure."
      ROBLEY WILSON, EDITOR OF "THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW"