Where the Heart Is (Letts)

Where the Heart Is
Billie Letts, 1995
Grand Central Publishing
384 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780446603652

Summary
Novalee Nation is seventeen, seven months pregnant, and on her way to California with her no-good boyfriend when he abandons her at a shopping mall in Oklahoma. In this contemporary fairy tale with no fairy godmother in sight, Novalee depends on herself to build a new life.

Living inside a Wal-Mart at night and on the streets during the day, Novalee patches together a family from the caring people she meets. Capturing each one on Polaroid film, she sees the goodness of each soul and finds a way to help others as they help her. (From the publisher.)