Where The Heart Is (unabridged)

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Summary: HEARTWARMING
Review: Brilliant book - brilliant 'chick flick', starring Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd. A must-read novel, must-see movie out now on video.

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Summary: Friends and Family... what a gift !
Review: I also agree with "Happiness and Heartache". Where The Heart Is , by Billy Letts, was a well- written novel. This book wonderfully portrays the main character, Novalee Nation, and how she struggles through life. I love the way Novalee came into this small town and everyone was so friendly with her and because they were friendly with her. They influenced her life for the better. This book makes you realizes families and friends are very important, to should never turn your back on them. I enjoyed reading this book and I highly recommend it.

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Summary: where the heart is
Review: i read where the heart is by billie letts and it was really good book it all started when novalee nation got pregant by this low life and he left her at the walmart and only left her with 7.77. the sevens were bad luck for her. she gave birth in alise seven. so theres my review

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Summary: Great book!
Review: This was a grest heart warming book that never got boring. I would recomend it to anyone.

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Summary: Stephanie Howell's Review on Where the Heart Is
Review: The book Where the Heart Is, by Billie Letts, is my personal favorite. Novalee Nation, and her boyfriend, Willie Jack Pickens were on their way to California, so Willie Jack can work for the railroad. Novalee is seventeen years old and seven months pregnant with Willie Jack's baby. On their journey west, Willie Jack decides to desert Novalee at a Wal-Mart in the middle of a town called Sequoyah. For the rest of her pregnancy, Novalee lives in the Wal-Mart. While in Wal-Mart, she makes some friends to whom eventually becomes very close. Once she has the baby, a very nice woman helps her out, and offers her a place to live. The rest of the book is a struggle for Novalee to get over her bad luck of the number seven, and to properly raise her beautiful new child. Where the Heart Is, is a book about trusting others, and making relationships work out for the best. I enjoyed reading this book, and I highly recommend it to everyone!

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Summary: Great Novel That Inspires
Review: Finally a good novel that does not leave you depressed at the ending! This is one to pull off the shelf time and time again. Ms. Letts has set a wave of other new novels that inspire and I'm so grateful. One that just came out is A Place Called Wiregrass and it reminded me very much of this terrific book. Thank you Billie Letts for changing the course on the literary world!

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Summary: Caitlin's Review
Review: While pregnant 17 year old Novalee Nation and her boyfriend head California, Novalee gets abanded by her boyfriend at a Wal-mart in a small town in Oklahoma. She has just about no money, has no car, no home, and no friends but she decides to make Wal-mart her new home. Novalee lives in Wal-mart and day by day she goes out meets people which become friends, trys to earn some money. She has her baby in Wal-mart and names her Americas Naiton. Novalee was fortuate enough to find such kind hearted people who helped her with a lot of things she needed help with. You would never think that a homeless girl with a child could make it in the real world. She learns to trust people all over again, and learns to love again. As you turn each page of this novel it makes you feel for her makes you smile and makes you cry.

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Summary: Caitlins Review
Review: Novalee Nation a 17 year old from Tennesse on her way to California with her no good boyfriend who happend to get her pregnant, But they took a small pit stopat a Wal-mart in Oklahoma and Novalee was standed. Where the heart is, is a novel which brings you into her life as she struggles to trust people, find money and give birth to her child. She finds shelter by hinding in Wal-mart, untill she gives birth to her baby Americas Nation. She meet many people in town and she was fortunate enough to meet such kind hearted people who helped her out with jobs and her baby. This book makes you fell for Novalee and makes you smile and cry though her tough times in life.

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Summary: The Kind of Book You Don't Want to End
Review: I remember reading an excerpt from this book in Good Housekeeping and was totally intrigued by it. I received it for Christmas shortly after and devoured it in a few days and was sad when it ended. This book inspired me to read other books by Billie Letts, which proved to me that she is an exceptional author.

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Summary: Where The Heart Is
Review: How would you like to have a baby in a walmart? It just so happens that a seventeen year old girl named Novalee had that happen to her. After six weeks of struggle and pain she had her first child Americus. She then begins to learn what a real family is and meeets some heartwarming friends that help her. They give her food,money, and shelter. They all come together in the little town and become a loving family. Mr. Forney one of her really good friends and librarian of the town helps her in a unique way. He gives her books every few weeks to read and learn stuff to help her through life. Throughout her tough weeks by herself she finds ways to survive. Will she make it for the rest of her life? Will she ever leave the town? Where will she be in years to come.