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After some adjusting, Novalee starts work in the Walmart where she used to live, and is relieved that gossip about her is short-lived. Sister eventually becomes a mother figure to Novalee and her daughter, and Novalee's relationships with Moses Whitecotton, Lexi Coop, and Forney Hull are deepened as she becomes a staple figure in Sequoyah.
- Billie Letts
- 1995
Apr 28, 2020 · Then and Now. Novalee Nation went viral before anyone even knew to call it viral. The pregnant teenager played by Natalie Portman in the 2000 film Where the Heart Is (based on a 1995 novel that ...
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Novalee Nation is the main protagonist in Where The Heart Is and the mother of Americus Nation. She was played by Natalie Portman. A seventeen years old and seven months pregnant name Novalee Nation sets off on a road trip from Tennessee to California with her boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens. While driving through Sequoyah, Oklahoma, Novalee notices her shoes have fallen through the hole on the ...
Box office. $40 million. Where the Heart Is is a 2000 American romantic drama film directed by Matt Williams and starring Natalie Portman, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, and Joan Cusack with supporting roles by James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Keith David, and Sally Field. The screenplay, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is based on the ...
Becoming alone without support Novalee continues to believe in bad luck, but Thelma takes back Novalee to her house, where they live a full life. Novalee’s life is returning to normal; she plants her tree near Thelma’s house and good luck is slowly returning to her, and her daughter Americus has become much attached to Forney, because she ...
- Billie Letts
The main character of the story begins as an innocent young woman, abandoned by her boyfriend. Without money, food or shelter, Novalee decides to live at the Walmart until the baby is born, when ...
Letts follows in the tradition of a coming-of-age story for Novalee. The novel's structure consists of four parts. Significantly, each part focuses on Novalee's life only to conclude with Willy ...
