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Summary: A very easy, enjoyable read
Review: While I found some aspects of this book to be a bit silly, overall, I really enjoyed it. I became very involved with the characters, and was sorry when I finished reading. It was refreshing to go to a place where a baby can connect an entire community, and a woman with nothing can make a success of her life, even if it's just for a few hundred pages.
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Summary: Everyone should read this for their own sanity.
Review: This is a moving story that connects you immediately with everyone you've never met. No one is questioned in Ms. Lett's world, and everyone should live there.
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Summary: Truly a good book
Review: Billie Letts gave a lot of depth and strength to Novalee Nation. She juxtaposed Novalee's experience of growth, warmth and love with that of Willie Jack Pickens--the man who got her pregnant and left her stranged at WalMart. Novalee found people who would become her family, people who would nurture her. She took to them with an unparelled level of trust. Maybe that's not wholely realistic, since she'd just been abandoned in strange town by her child's father, but it does speak to the dream we all have to feel we belong to something that's bigger than we are. On the other hand, Willie Jack, a trickster to begin with, ended up gaining, then losing it all. He ended up with less than he started off with. He tried to play the game and cheat, but he was caught. Then he lost his legs and began to see the light...Novalee helped him because she knew how important it was to know there were people out there looking after you. Willy Jack taught her too--he taught her that time flies, that you don't have control over everything that happens. So, she seized the day and reached out for the love of a man--not Willie Jack--that had always been waiting right there for her; she just had to realize that she deserved it first.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: The most enjoyable book I have read so far. It makes you stop and think about the way you treat people. Love your neighbor as your self,Treat people the way you would want to be treated. Sue Dunn
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Summary: A Refreshing Read
Review: This book was a breath of fresh air. It opens the readers eyes to a life that could be anyone around you. To realize that even when you're at the bottom, there are people that can help to lift your spirits and get you through. I would recommend this book to anyone, including my 14 year old neice.
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Summary: Small town--done right!
Review: Billie Letts' Where the Heart Is paints the most accurate picture of rural life I've read lately. The characters are bigger than life, similar to those in Fried Green Tomatoes and her writing style a close match of Barbara Kingsolver. Having grown up in Southeastern Oklahoma, and in a town where the Walmart grand opening was cause for the National Guard to arrive, I can attest that all the characters COULD be seen at the Walmart on any given day. She writes about a way of life she knows - and it shows. Anyone from any small town will recognize the characters.
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Summary: Quick read, lots of fun!
Review: I really enjoyed this story. It's not the most scholarly book I ever read, but one of the most engaging. I was sorry when it was over, because I had become so involved with the characters. This would be a great vacation book!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: A very good read. I loved the interesting names. It was wonderful to see how a community can come together and help someone in need
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Summary: Just plain awful
Review: What was Oprah thinking? The characters are ridiculously one-dimensional, the plot is ludicrous, and the story is laughably sentimental. More than anything, though, the writing is just flat-out bad. Strives for a "Fried Green Tomatoes" feel, but falls miserably short.
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Summary: The BEST book i've read in twenty years!
Review: This book was so good, i couldn't put it down. I really could relate to her situation, going through a time simular to her's. It really was a very excellent read! With a great ending. no tears.
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