Billie letts is the author of numerous highly acclaimed short stories and screenplay, and a former professor at southeastern oklahoma state university. She lives in oklahoma with her husband, dennis, where she teaches creative writing at southeastern oklahoma state university. Warner books where the heart is puts a human face on the lookalike trailer parks and malls of americas small towns. Where the heart is by billie letts is an old book and by that i mean it came out when i was in my sophomore year of high school, which was a very, very long time ago. But novalee is about to discover hidden treasures in this small southwest towna group of downtoearth, deeply caring people willing to help a.
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