Where the Heart Is

                                                        Where the Heart Is By:Bille Letts
                                                                    Where the Heart Is

                                                                       

Sevens are often known as charmed fortunate numbers but not for the  young protagonist Novalee Nation. Novalee Nation is a 17 year old girl who is seven months with child with her boyfriend a struggling artist named Willy Jack. In the beginning of the novel Novalee and Willie Jack are his car driving to Las Vegas due to the fact that he has an performance. He seems to be irritated with Novalee due to the fact that she is talking about their future that he doesn't seem to be in accord with. Willie Jack gets fed up with Novalee when she announces that she  needs to use the restroom and buy slippers as a result of dropping her shoes before. Willie Jack angrily agrees and they stop at a local Walmart in Sequoya, Oklahoma . Novalee enters the Walmart uses the restrooms and buys a pair of slippers. Novalee reliazes something is amiss immediately after she receives 7.77 in change. She rushes outside to find Willie Jack has gone and has left her belongings where the car was parked.





Novalee Nation left at Wal-Mart