Where the Heart is

Publisher Marketing: Novalee Nation has always been unlucky with sevens. She's 17, seven months pregnant, 37 pounds overweight -- and now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, holding just $7.77 in change. An hour ago, she was on her way from Tennessee to a new life in Bakersfield, California. Suddenly, with all those sevens staring her in the face, she is forced to accept the scary truth: her no-good boyfriend Willy Jack Pickens has left her with empty pockets and empty dreams. But Novalee is about to discover treasures hidden in Sequoyah -- a group of disparate and deeply caring people, among them blue-haired Sister Thelma Husband, who hands out advice and photocopied books of the Bible ... Moses Whitecotton, the wise, soft-spoken, elderly black photographer eager to teach Novalee all he knows ... and Forney Hull, the eccentric town librarian who hides his secrets -- and his feelings -- behind his world of books. Publisher Marketing: 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. Review Citations:

Beyond the Cover Author Interv 05/01/2000 pg. 17 (EAN 9780446672214, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 05/27/1996 (EAN 9780446603652, Mass Market Paperbound)

Booklist 09/01/1995 pg. 41 (EAN 9780446519724, Hardcover)

Library Journal 07/01/1995 pg. 121 (EAN 9780446519724, Hardcover)

New York Times 08/06/1995 pg. 20 (EAN 9780446519724, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 04/01/1996 pg. 168 (EAN 9780446519724, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 05/01/1995 pg. 578 (EAN 9780446519724, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 05/15/1995 pg. 55 (EAN 9780446519724, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:  Letts, Billie Billie Letts is the author of The Honk and Holler Opening Soon and Where the Heart, an Oprah Book Club selection. Both are available from Brilliance Audio. She lives in Oklahoma where, until recently, she was a professor at Southeast Oklahoma University.