Heart Is(2000) | Where The

The story culminates in Novalee’s realization that "home" isn't a building or a town, but the people who stand by you when you have nothing. After years of feeling like an outsider, she finally lets go of her fears, repairs the Wal-Mart floor where Americus was born, and chooses a future with Forney. It is a journey of a girl who lost everything at a discount store only to find a wealth of love she never thought possible.

A eccentric woman who takes Novalee in and offers her a real home. Where the Heart Is(2000)

In the small town of Sequoyah, Oklahoma, seventeen-year-old finds herself at a crossroads that would terrify anyone. Heavily pregnant and possessing only $5.55 to her name, she is abandoned by her boyfriend, Willie Jack Pickens, at a local Wal-Mart . The story culminates in Novalee’s realization that "home"

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. A eccentric woman who takes Novalee in and

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: