Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

Description

Bibliographic Details

• Author: Billie Letts
• Title: Where The Heart Is
• Publisher: ‎ Warner Books; First Edition, First Printing (July 1995)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format; Hardcover – 358 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0446519723
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0446519724
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.4 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.3 x 9.5 inches
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author:

Billie Dean Letts (née Gipson; May 30, 1938 – August 2, 2014) was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.



Letts was born as Billie Dean Gipson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virginia M. (née Barnes), a secretary, and William C. Gipson.

She married Dennis Letts, a professor and actor, in 1958. The couple had three children: Dana, Tracy (a playwright), and Shawn (a jazz musician/composer). Dennis Letts served as editor for his wife's novels. He died of lung cancer in Tulsa on February 22, 2008, aged 73.

Letts died in a Tulsa hospital from pneumonia on August 2, 2014, aged 76. She had recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.