sally field played novalee mom in where the heart is.
sally field played novalee mom in where the heart is.
who plays novalee mom in where the heart is?
sally field
during a thunderstorm novalee, alone at walmart, goes into labor. forney, who has followed novalee to the walmart, smashes through the walmart window to help deliver her child, whom she names americus. novalee instantly becomes a media darling, and in hospital is befriended by nurse lexie coop (ashley judd). her estranged mother mama lil (sally field), visits after seeing her daughter on television, but disappears with the money donated by well-wishers. sister husband arrives and offers to take in novalee and americus.
where the heart is (2000 film)
with nowhere else to go, novalee spends the afternoon at the wal-mart and meets "sister husband", a kind and spunky woman who runs the town's "welcome wagon." sister husband has a deep faith and hands out chapters of the bible to people she meets. when they first meet, sister husband "mistakes" novalee for a girl named ruth ann mott and gives novalee a welcome wagon basket. she also meets moses whitecotton, a photographer who shoots portraits at the wal-mart. moses tells novalee to give her baby a name "that will mean something" and "withstand a lot of bad times", as well as a photo album. he later becomes novalee's mentor as she becomes more invested in photography. in addition, she also meets benny goodluck, a native american boy, who gives novalee a buckeye tree for good luck. meanwhile willy jack continues on his way to california and comes across a girl named jolene with car problems. willy jack agrees to give her a ride but they are soon stopped by police because jolene shoplifted from a store and the police believe it was willy jack since jolene is only 13 years old. he is subsequently arrested and sent to jail.
where the heart is (novel)