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Where the Heart Is follows the lives of Novalee Nation, Willy Jack Picken, and their daughter Americus Nation for a period of seven years in the 1980s and early 1990s. Above all, the book dramatizes in detail the tribulations of lower-income and foster children in the United States.
- Billie Letts
- 1995
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 feels paternal love.
- Billie Letts
Without money, food or shelter, Novalee decides to live at the Walmart until the baby is born, when she is taken to a hospital. In order to begin her life of success, Novalee names her baby...
Novalee manages to live at the store for several weeks. She visits the library and meets Forney Hull who looks after his librarian alcoholic sister Mary Elizabeth. After finding the info on how to tend to a Buck Eye Tree, Novalee visits Sister Husband where she agrees to let Novalee grow the Buck Eye tree in her yard.
Through her relationship with Novalee, Lexie sees alternate ways of thinking. Moses Whitecotton's role in the novel is one of wise man and mentor.
Only after hearing the truth from Willy Jack does Novalee admit her love to Forney. The novel ends with reference to history beginning yet again, this time for Novalee, Forney and Americus as a...
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Novalee instantly becomes a media darling and is befriended by local nurse Lexie Coop. Her estranged mother Mama Lil visits after seeing her daughter on television, but disappears with the money donated by well-wishers, after which Sister Husband offers to take in both Novalee and Americus.
