Where the Heart Is
by:
Billie Letts (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781615528486 (1615528482)
Publish date: December 20th 1995
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 358
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Read this in high school. It involves sadistic homophobia and disability-as-(divine) punishment. Total trash, and not the good kind.
I loved every moment of this book and the movie too, but we're focusing on the book. This story is so moving and so cute that I just wanted to hug Novalee and tell her to be my friend. I really didn't care for the bits about her ex-boyfriend Willie Jack at all he was an idiot and I couldn't stand hi...
I saw the movie version of this book when it first came out and it has become one of my favorite movies, so this book has been one I have wanted to read for a while. I just finally got around to reading it now and am glad that I did. This book was as good, if not better, than the movie. This heartwa...
I love Billie Letts, I love this book and I love all the crazy characters in it. I've actually read this twice. I read it once when it came out and then a couple years later before I watched the movie. It's just a great heartwarming story and I would definitely recommend it!
I should start by stating that Where the Heart Is is one of my all time favorite movies. For a while a few years ago, my family and I were watching it about once a month. Although the book contained additional scenes and characters not in the movie, I think I still prefer the movie. It wasn't a b...