![]() ![]() ![]() This crisp, tight, beautifully written work never goes a word to far. Together they had three sons: Dana Letts playwright and actor, Tracy Letts jazz musician and composer, Shawn Letts. Dennis served as Billie's editor for her novels. ( From the publisher.)īetts was married to professor-turned-actor Dennis Letts, from 1958 until his death from cancer in 2008. Billie Letts is a native Oklahoman, and currently lives in Tulsa. Her third novel, Shoot the Moon and her fourth novel, Made in the U.S.A. Her second novel, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, was named the first "Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma" selection. ![]() Her first novel, Where The Heart Is, won the Walker Percy Award, sold more than three million copies, and became a major motion picture. Education-B.A., Southeast Missouri State Universityīillie Letts is the author of numerous highly acclaimed short stories and screenplay, and a former professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.Capturing each one on Polaroid film, she sees the goodness of each soul and finds a way to help others as they help her. 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. In this contemporary fairy tale with no fairy godmother in sight, Novalee depends on herself to build a new life. 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. ![]()
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