by Billie Letts
Rating: 4.00 (1 ratings)
First published 1995
Seventeen-year-old Novalee is seven months pregnant and broke when she's abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Trapped with just $7.77, Novalee secretly takes up residence in the store, befriending the local librarian and other kind-hearted locals who rally to support the young mother-to-be. As Novalee navigates her new life, she discovers an eclectic community of misfits and the strength to forge her own path, even in the face of heartbreak.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, family-life, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Oklahoma, Sequoyah
358 pages · Paperback · Sceptre