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Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is | Billie Letts
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.
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AroundTheBookWorld
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Novalee smiled then at her seventeen-year-old self turning on the other side of the rain-streaked glass and she tried to hold her there. But the girl spun away into the light, the place where her history began.
#WhereTheHeartIs #BillieLetts #lastline #closingline #book #books #booklist #booklust #bookloot #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookloversunite #Fiction #ChickLit #Romance #Contemporary #AdultFiction #Adult #Drama #RealisticFiction #Novel

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Susanita
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1. Yes, but for various reasons I no longer do it regularly.
2. Tagged book kicks off with a significant car trip.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 10mo
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Blueberry
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Every book ever written by these two authors says #Family to me.

#HumbleHarvest
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 12mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 12mo
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AroundTheBookWorld
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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.
#WhereTheHeartIs #BillieLetts #book #books #bookend #bookends #bookending #bookendings #bookedit #bookedits #bookeditor #read #bookrecommendation #bookrecommendations #recommendation #Fiction #ChickLit #Romance #Contemporary #AdultFiction #Adult #Drama #RealisticFiction #Novels 💚💚

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TheBookgeekFrau
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A bit of a stretch I think 🤷🏻‍♀️
#VolumesAndVocals #GoodHeartedWoman

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
Eggs Describes Forney‘s devotion to Novalee 👏🏻 1y
TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs Well then, I'm better at this than I thought bc I hardly remember the story 😅 1y
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Blueberry
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 2y
Eggs Loved this book ❤️ 2y
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Novalee Nation, seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight—and superstitious about sevens—shifted uncomfortably in the seat of the old Plymouth and ran her hands down the curve of her belly.
#WhereTheHeartIs #BillieLetts #firstline #openingline #book #books #booklist #booklust #bookloot #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookloversunite #Fiction #ChickLit #Romance #Contemporary #AdultFiction #Adult #Drama #RealisticFiction ❣️

Bklover Love this book!!! (Movie is good too!) 2y
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Bklover
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This is such a good book! It‘s also a really good movie 🎥!
#alphabetgame #letterw

Misty, I may actually make it through the alphabet!❤️😊😘

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re doing great 🙌🏻 2y
Deblovestoread Great book! 2y
marleed I loved this book! I recently picked up a hardback in a thrift store and I‘m looking forward to a reread. 2y
SleepyDragon I really liked this one, too! 2y
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MilesnMelodies
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Feeling this today 💔

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Novalee smiled than at her seventeen-year-old self turning on the other side of the rain-streaked glass and she tried to hold her there. But the girl spun away into the light, the place where her history began.
#WhereTheHeartIs #BillieLetts #lastline #closingline #book #books #booklist #booklust #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookloversunite #bookz #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzine #bookzone #bookxcess #Fiction #ChickLit #Romance #Contemporary ❣️

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JenlovesJT47
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I absolutely loved this book! I laughed, I cried, & I can‘t wait to watch the movie again because it‘s been a few years since I‘ve seen it. The movie is a fairly faithful adaptation. The characters in this book remind me how important it is to just be kind to people. How you think you may not be very important sometimes but all it takes is a little kindness to change a person‘s life. It‘s been added to my favorites shelf. 5⭐️ Highly recommended!

angel1 One of my all time favorite books!!!❤ 4y
Indexasaurus Love the book and the movie! 4y
CindiB Love this book ... but haven‘t seen/heard of the 🍿.... will need to change that. 4y
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I love this movie and just realized it was based on a book. Novalee just had her baby in a Walmart and is in the hospital. I dunno if it‘s cause it‘s late and I‘m super tired, but I just laughed like an idiot for 5 minutes straight after reading this part. 😂😂😂 The next paragraph is even worse lol.

#booksintomovies
#quotes
#litsomnia
#litsyafterdark

GingerAntics I‘ve read one of Letts‘s other books and adored it. 4y
KathyWheeler I really liked this book. 4y
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Novalee Nation, seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight—and superstitious about sevens—shifted uncomfortably in the seat of the old Plymouth and ran her hands down the curve of her belly.
#WhereTheHeartIs #BillieLetts #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookloot #booklist #booklust #booklove #booklover #booklovers #bookloversunite #bookz #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzine #bookzone #Fiction #ChickLit #Romance #Contemporary

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KristenDuck
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Love this so much!
My six word story right now would be:

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS.

No explanation needed. Story tells it all.

Cupcake12 Definitely x 4y
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Deblovestoread
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📚Tagged
🌟Elizabeth S Wei
🎬Waitress
🎤The Wallflowers
🎼Waiting for the End - Linkin Park

#ManicMonday #LetterW @JoScho

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Blueberry
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Oh gosh, .... it's a tie.

#bookbystate #Oklahoma
@ErinSueMreads

Erinsuereads I had several people say where the heart is! And I totally forgot about the outsiders 5y
Blueberry I think most or all of Billie Letts books are set in Oklahoma. I liked them all. 5y
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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....

#bookwithheartintitle

#februaryfeels

Come-read-with-me I loved this book! It‘s just so filled with hope and redemption ❤️ 5y
MissAimz_55 Loved the book and loved the movie 💕 5y
Eggs Me too 🤗💖 @Come-read-with-me 5y
Eggs @MissAimz_55 yes, both! 📚🎥🤗 5y
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agrondin44
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Such a great discovery that book was. I had no idea what I was reading when I started but I really loved it, love the characters, I really got into the story. An original story, different, that makes you believe in good people.

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Reagan Oh I loved that book, and the movie ❤️ 5y
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Tianarose
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Book haul from the library book to buy sale! This pile doesn‘t include the ones I got for my kids. (Ok maybe the paolini series I technically bought for my son)

Bklover Tagged book is soooo good! 5y
Tianarose @Bklover I am really looking forward to this one! Loved the movie, and didn‘t even know it was a book first! 5y
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Kayla.Adriena
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There's a quote about books in the wild finding homes by Virigina Wolf I think. These came home yesterday from a very rainy trip to Shipshewana at a booth where all the good will donations for these books went to an animal shelter! 😍😍

Emilymdxn Great picks! The bluest eye is one of the best books I‘ve read this year 5y
Bookish.SAM “Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” 💜 this quote (edited) 5y
Kayla.Adriena @Bookish.SAM yes that's it! 💗💗😊 5y
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“Wait up,“ Benny GoodLuck called. He was running toward her, carrying one of the little buckeye trees. “Here. It's for you. “
“For me? Why?“
“For good luck“ He put the tree down in the handicapped parking space.
“Oh Benny. You knew what I wished for.“
“Yes, ma'am. I did.“

I, too, was a teen mom; but I never encountered the same struggles. This gift is small, but very heartwarming. He showed kindness when she needed it the most.

Bklover Loved this book! 5y
mlmopinions1 @Bklover It is so goood! 5y
Bklover Movie was good too! 5y
mlmopinions1 @Bklover Yes, the movie is one of my all time favorites. I can definitely see the difference. If I'm not mistaken it's Sister Husband who gives her the tree and Billy doesn't exist. 5y
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mlmopinions1
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Home is Where the Heart is is one of my favorite movies and i have never read the book😒 So when I found this gem at the Bookends Bookstore in Myrtle Beach for $6 I had to buy it. Say hello to my new beach read. #MyrtleBeach #SummerReading

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Reagan
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I have done so much cleaning this weekend - too much - but then this morning while cleaning out the future mini library, on our overflow bookshelf I found the tagged book that I recently accused my mother in law of taking when I saw it at her house 😂 Now I have to eat some crow and tell her that it‘s not my copy and please don‘t send it to me. Good book though, you should read it 🌪📷

Reggie Lol 5y
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LiterRohde
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“Home gives you something no other place can...your history...home is where your history begins.”

#QuotsyMay19 | 1: #Home

📷: Made with Typorama

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QueenJen
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📚 Where the Heart Is
📽 Where the Heart Is
🎶 Our House by Madness

#manicmonday @JoScho

JoScho 💙🏡💙 6y
Lovesbooks87 Love Where the Heart Is!!! 6y
QueenJen @Lovesbooks87 Me too! The movie turned out good too. 6y
rretzler Love Madness! 6y
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Novalee Nation, seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight- and superstitious about sevens- shifted uncomfortably in the seat of the old Plymouth and ran her hands down the curve of her belly. 7️⃣
#WhereTheHeartIs #BillieLetts #firstline #openingline #funkopop #popvinyl #CaptainHook #KillianJones #EmmaSwan #CaptainSwan #book #books #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookvsfilm #bookvsmovie #Fiction #ChickLit #Romance #Contemporary ❣️❣️❣️

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Headinherbooks_27
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Been wanting to read this for awhile now, and thanks to @Judybskt I can 😉👍

Judybskt Enjoy!! 6y
Samplergal Such a good book! Enjoy! 6y
Headinherbooks_27 @Judybskt @Samplergal I'm loving it already 😍 6y
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Bklover
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Day 5 of #AdventRecommends. I read this book quite a few years ago and loved it! I always love a good story with strong women characters and this one is one of my favorites. If you haven‘t read it, you should give it a try.

Callemarie I love love LOVED this book. I read it like as a freshman in high school and the story has still stuck with me 6y
Ruthiella I just saw a copy in the free library in the break room at work! I‘m gonna grab it now. This was a movie too I think? 6y
Bklover Yes it was a movie too, and the@movie was good as well. Definitely grab the book! @Ruthiella 6y
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Bklover @Callemarie It is a special book for sure!❤️ 6y
SleepyDragon Read this because of the movie starring Natalie Portman, and loved it. Also enjoyed tagged book by same author. Her style is character driven. 6y
Bklover @NeesyBeth I‘m definitely goi g to check that one out! Thanks!💛 6y
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DivineDiana
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Read this many years ago about a teenager who gives birth at a Walmart. It was also a movie. Oprah chose it for her Book Club. I was just thinking that the abundance of celebrity book clubs that are now part of the reading world, started with Oprah and her love of reading. Kudos to her! #pregnant #septemberdanes

LeeRHarry I loved the movie 😊 6y
DivineDiana @LeeRHarry I need to see it! 🎥 6y
Librarybelle I loved the movie too! I have a copy of the book somewhere but have yet to read it. 6y
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Kalalalatja Sounds great! 6y
tpixie I read this year‘s ago also! It was a great book! The movie was fun too 6y
LauraBeth I loved this book and movie! 6y
youneverarrived Didn‘t realise this was a book. Loved the film. 6y
CouronneDhiver I feel like I‘ve seen this movie on TV 1000 times. Lol 6y
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Susanita
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This book was on a list of #beach reads, perhaps because it‘s an Oprah book or maybe because it‘s a mostly heartwarming book (with some definite dark moments along the way) or maybe since the MC is a woman who overcomes obstacles to “.find a family” and build a life for herself. In any case I enjoyed it. The movie streamlines some of the characters and plot lines but is otherwise pretty faithful to the book.
#Booked2018 #Augustisatrip

Ubookquitous Read this years ago - still remember the story 6y
vkois88 ❤❤❤ 6y
Cinfhen Yeah!!! Another prompt completed 💜 6y
Q84 I watched this movie featuring Natalie Portman. It's one of my favorites. Now I'll have to read the book 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage You‘re doing great on this season‘s prompts!!👏🏻👏🏻 6y
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Blueberry
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#Independence #Readingresolutions @Jess7

The books of Billie Letts have down and out characters carrying alot of baggage that come together to create to create love and family together in unusual circumstances. I loved them all.

knittedgnome Do you have a favorite? I loved where the heart is but that's all I have read. 6y
Blueberry @knittedgnome It's been a really long time since I read them. "Where the Heart Is" might? have been my favorite. 6y
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holarosarita
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Mehso-so

Still pretty damn depressing, tbh.

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There is prison rape in this book! #cmonOprah #itrustedyou

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My best effort to find something non-depressing to read as #anOprahBookClubselection #readharder2018

MuddyPuddle I enjoyed this book so much I read it twice. 6y
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#riotgrams Heart books!

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DebbieGreenMcAfee
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“The only thing worth living for is the good. That‘s why we‘ve got to make sure we pass it on” (291).

DebbieGreenMcAfee An oldie but goody! Worth a re-read! 7y
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ChrysFey
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I found this copy of Where the Heart Is at a library book sale. Someone (initials look to be JKB) wrote a full letter inside it to the person who had this book. The letter writer talks about realizing he/she had lost something and finally figured out what that was...trust. And the letter writer was giving the gift of trust to the one he/she gave this book to. Makes me wonder why the book was given away.

#litsy #littens #mystery #books

MidnightBookGirl I love finding things like this in old books and imaging the lives behind the notes! 7y
Jess_Read_This Oh wow, what a find! 7y
ChrysFey @MidnightBookGirl Me too! 😄 7y
Izai.Amorim The receiver couldn‘t be trusted after all 😔 7y
ChrysFey @Izai.Amorim Aww 💔 7y
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Got this from @Liberty . Here are my answers:

1. The Martian by Andy Weir
2. Spider‘s Bite by Jennifer Estep
3. Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
4. Let‘s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
5. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
6. Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts

What are your picks? #playingfavorites

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Novalee Nation, seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight- and superstitious about sevens- shifted uncomfortably in the seat of the old Plymouth and ran her hands down the curve of her belly. #WhereTheHeartIs #BillieLetts #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookbag #bookblog #bookblogger #booknerd #bookbetterthanthemovie #booknerds #booknerdsunite #bookmark #bookmarks #bookquote #bookquotes #bookqueen #bookquirk #bookworm

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Hannahdm94
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This is probably one of my all time favorite stories. Love the movie but love the book even more!! 💯 percent suggest!! ❤️❤️❤️

Jess7 #litsywelcomewagon - welcome to litsy! 7y
Hannahdm94 @Jess7 thanks!! 7y
RaimeyGallant Welcome! 7y
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TheatreSpaz
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I saw the movie first years ago and loved it. I loved the book just as much and more.