What is wrong with Forney's sister's "Where the Heart Is"?

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What is the issue with Forney's sister's novel "Where the Heart Is"? Could you please provide a quick answer? Thank you.

Adeline Goyette · Accepted Answer

Forney's sister, Mary Elizabeth, is debilitated due to a previous and/or present drinking problem.

PLOT (courtesy of ScreenIt.com):

Novalee Nation (NATALIE PORTMAN) is a pregnant seventeen-year-old girl who is leaving Tennessee with her white trash musician boyfriend, Willy Jack Pickens (DYLAN BRUNO), en route to California. Stopping at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart for a bathroom break, Novalee returns to the parking lot only to find that Willy Jack has abandoned her there.

Broke, increasingly pregnant, and with nowhere to go, Novalee covertly spends her nights at the Wal-Mart. During the days, she meets Sister Husband (STOCKARD CHANNING), a recovering alcoholic who mistakes her for someone else and asks daily forgiveness for fornicating with her boyfriend, Mr. Sprock (RICHARD JONES). She also meets Moses Whitecotten (KEITH DAVID), a local photographer, as well as Forney Hull (JAMES FRAIN), a young man who dropped out of college to care for his alcoholic sister, Mary Elizabeth (MARGARET ANN HOARD), and run the local library.

Six weeks later, Novalee eventually gives birth to a daughter she names Americus and soon meets hospital nurse Lexie Coop (ASHLEY JUDD), a woman who is no stranger to being a single mother herself. After Novalee's mother (SALLY FIELD) takes off with the money she received from Wal-Mart and others, the young mother moves in with Sister Husband, gets a job at Wal-Mart, and starts to rebuild her life.

As Willy Jack pursues a singer/songwriter career with musical agent Ruth Meyers (JOAN CUSACK), Novalee must contend with the various hardships, joys, and even love that life throws her way.

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What is wrong with Forney's sister's "Where the Heart Is"?

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As Willy Jack pursues a singer/songwriter career with musical agent Ruth Meyers (JOAN CUSACK), Novalee must contend with the various hardships, joys, and even love that life throws her way.

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