A resilient nurse and mother of five who becomes Novalee’s best friend.
Over the next several years, Novalee builds a life. She discovers a talent for photography, weathers a devastating tornado that claims the life of Sister Husband, and watches as Willie Jack—who left her for a failed music career—falls into a life of ruin and regret. Where the Heart Is(2000)
A eccentric woman who takes Novalee in and offers her a real home. A resilient nurse and mother of five who
Left with nowhere to go and a superstitious fear of the number five, Novalee secretly takes up residence inside the store. She lives between the aisles by night and blends in with the customers by day, creating a makeshift home out of sheer necessity. This hidden life ends when she goes into labor on the floor of the store during a thunderstorm, rescued by a reclusive, bookish librarian named . A eccentric woman who takes Novalee in and
The man who saved her, whose quiet devotion challenges Novalee’s belief that she isn't worthy of love.
The birth of her daughter, whom she names , transforms Novalee from a transient girl into a local celebrity. More importantly, it anchors her to a "chosen family" of eccentric, kind-hearted locals: