Item:Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (1998, Paperback,...
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Novalee Nation heads this first novel. A feisty young woman who is seven months pregnant when she leaves her Tennessee trailer park with her boyfriend, she is abandoned outside a Wal-Mart in Oklahoma. Living on canned goods and sleeping behind the water heater, Novalee carries her pregnancy to term, and her child becomes known as the Wal-Mart baby. Novalee eventually gets a job at the Wal-Mart, and makes a life for herself and her child.
Size
Length:
376 pages
Height:
8.3 in.
Width:
5.3 in.
Thickness:
1.2 in.
Weight:
12.8 oz.
Publisher's Note
Abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in Oklahoma, Novalee Nation, 17 years old and seven months pregnant, soon discovers the treasures hiding in this small Southwest town. "A heartfelt, gratifying read".--"Publishers Weekly".
Industry reviews
"Fresh and engaging...Novalee leads the reader on a never-to-be forgotten journey." Anne Rivers Siddons
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