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Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is( )
Author: Letts, Billie
Read by: Breck, Susie
Series title:Oprah's Book Club Ser.
ISBN:978-1-56740-438-8
Publication Date:Jan 1999
Publisher:Brilliance Publishing, Inc.
Imprint:Brilliance Audio
Book Format:Audio cassette
List Price:USD $35.95
Book Description:

Novalee Nation is seventeen, seven months pregnant, and on her way to California with her no-good boyfriend when he abandons her at a shopping mall in Oklahoma. In this contemporary fairy tale with no fairy godmother in sight, Novalee depends on herself to build a new life. Living inside a Wal-Mart at night and on the streets during the day, Novalee patches together a family from the caring people she meets. Capturing each one on Polaroid film, she sees the goodness of each soul and...
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Book Details
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Southern
Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.29 x 7.21 x 2.63 Inches
Book Weight:0.59 Pounds
Author Biography
Letts, Billie (Author)
Billie Letts was born Billie Dean Gipson in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 30, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in English and education from Southeast Missouri State University and a master's in behavioral studies from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She taught English in grade school before moving to the college level. Her last position was at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Her first novel, Where the Heart Is, was published in 1995. It received the 1996 Oklahoma Books Award, the Walker Percy Award, and was an Oprah Book Club selection. It was adapted into a movie starring Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd in 2000. Her other works included Shoot the Moon and The Honk and Holler Opening Soon. She died from pneumonia on August 2, 2014 at the age of 76.

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