ClubPatel's Journal #4

Dear Readers,

HII THERE, the day has come for my last journal on this amazing book Where the Heart is. Honestly this book right here is the most intense book I have ever read; then again I do not read much. Anyways, trust me I got addicted to this book, I physically cannot let go of this book because it is just so intense. Through chapters 29 through 38, there were many horrible situations and many happy situations, but overall everything was surprising.

The fourth part of the book started off with Novalee getting a call from Brownie. Out of all the crazy and intense moments in the book, I found that this one was just sad and depressing. Roger the guy that Lexie thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with had beaten Lexie and raped her child. What a sick man this man is, a nasty guy that should be sent to prison for life or even killed. When we had met this character Roger Briscoe at first, he loved the children and loved spending time with Lexie herself and her children. So, when I had read this, my mouth had dropped to the floor. I was just disgusted that there were actual men in the world like that. This just shows that there are many people in the world that may look sweet, kind and loving, but under that fake personality there is that evil figure inside, and we might not know it.

I find it so sad that Lexie, Pauline and Brummett (Brownie) were so depressed after the incident. They were just traumatized. I can relate very well to the fact that an elephant with raised trunks brings good luck because that is one of our beliefs in my Hindu religion.

It is honestly the cutest thing that Lexie had finally found a husband. Lexie and her new husband to be, Leon Yoder, met when Lexie had gone back to work at the hospital. Now they are getting married in a beautiful chapel with Novalee taking their photographs. To incorporate both their children in the wedding is really breath taking. Lexie is wearing a corsage that has seven with roses on it that represents two of Leon’s kids and the five of Lexie’s.

Novalee has really changed throughout the book, especially when it comes to Willy Jack. She had read in the newspaper that someone had stolen a man’s wheelchair. She realizes that the man in the paper was Willy Jack. Willy Jack and Novalee had a complicated relationship at the beginning of the book but Novalee stood up in what she believed in and changed that relationship. I knew that Novalee was a sweet girl and can never be mean, so I knew that she was going to help Willy Jack instead of letting him suffer. This characteristic in her reminds me of myself, because there is no room in the world to be mean.  

After not being able to sleep and crying all day for no reason, Novalee realizes (FINALLY) that she is deeply in love with Forney. Forney always sends letters to Americus and nothing to Novalee… We can still tell that he is also madly in love with Novalee. This is also one part of the book that I really love just because I have been waiting the longest time for Novalee to profess her love to Forney. Forney will make the best husband for Novalee and will also make the best fatherly figure for Americus. They would make the perfect family, loving each other through thick and thin.

ANYWAYS, I strongly recommend, to the people who have not yet read this book, to read it! It is one book that you have no idea what is coming next and what emotion you are going to let go. As you can tell from my previous journals, I had MANY emotions. All I can say is that this book had an amazing ending, a very happy one indeed. When I first started reading the book I wasn’t quite sure that this book would adapt to me, but after reading non-stop, I got really attached to it. Well to the readers whom this may concern, I hope you had fun reading my journals and reading our blog, make sure to vote on the survey and have fun reading Where the Heart is by Billie Letts. BYE J