
"Laughter is harder... Friendship is stronger... Trust is deeper... When it comes from the heart."
Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadside, and takes refuge in the friendly aisles of Wal-Mart. Eventually, some eccentric but kindly strangers 'adopt' Novalee and her infant daughter, helping them buck the odds and build a new life.
Novalee Nation

Lexie Coop

Thelma 'Sister' Husband

Ruth Meyers

Mama Lil

Forney Hull

Willy Jack Pickens

Moses Whitecotten

Tim

Nicki
Girl in Bathroom

Wal-Mart Clerk
Hospital Receptionist
Cellmate

Religious Man
Troy

Mary Elizabeth Hull
Officer Harry

Policeman #2
Cake Supplier
Rhonda
Wal-Mart Assistant Manager
Jolene
Sheriff

Mr. Sprock

Mrs. Ortiz
Reporter
Orderly

Religious Woman
Americus Nation
Angela Ortiz
Rosanna Ortiz
Ray
Johnny DeSoto
M.C. of Banquet
Jerry

Kitty

Praline
Brownie

Ernie
Delphia

Nurse
Co-Ed

Bar Girl
Girl in Bar / Girl on the Street
Wal-Mart Girl
Nightclub Customer / Pedestrian
Photo Finalist

Wedding Guest
Reporter

Truck Driver
Young Brownie
Bar Room Fighter (uncredited)

Lynne (uncredited)
Customer at Gas Station
Miss Sequoyah
Partygoer
Wal-Mart Customer
Birthday Party Guest / Wedding Guest

Bass Player

Wal-Mart Employee

Hospital Visitor

Bar Patron
Professor