"Feel right there.” Her voice was soft, no more than a whisper. “That’s where
the heart is."
o Here, Novalee attempts to get her boyfriend, Willy Jack, to feel the
heartbeat of their baby, but Willy Jack pulls away and says he can't
feel anything. This lie will eat away at him for the next seven years.
When things go badly, he will hear Novalee's voice uttering these
words again and again and again.
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