Editing Where the Heart Is (2000 film) (section)

==Differences between novel and film==
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* In the novel, Novalee's aversion is to the number 7, however, this is replaced throughout the movie to the number 5 where appropriate
* Sister Husband has brown hair in the movie and blue hair in the novel.
* In the novel, Benny Goodluck gives Novalee a [[Aesculus|buckeye]] tree for good luck. In the film, Benny is omitted, and the buckeye tree is given to Novalee by Sister Husband.
* In the novel, Jolene is the daughter of a dive bar owner and shifts the blame of her convenience store robbery on him to the police that pull them over. In the film, Jolene's parents aren't mentioned.
* In the novel, Lexie is obese. She is constantly trying new fad diets and weight loss schemes. This aspect of her character is removed from the film version.
* In the novel, Walmart's owner Sam Walton gives Novalee a check while offering her a job at Walmart. Sam Walton's appearance was omitted from the film.
* In the novel, Willy Jack has a heart attack after being struck in the chest. In the film, he gets into a fight with his cellmate.
* In the novel, Willy Jack gets his guitar from the prison librarian Claire Hudson which used to belong to her late son Finny. In the film, it was mentioned that Willy Jack's later cellmate Tommy Reynolds gave him his guitar.
* In the novel, Sister Husband died from her injuries after being trapped in a trailer while visiting a neighbor. Her death is not shown in the film.
* In the novel, Moses has a wife named Certain, to whom Novalee becomes close when she and Americus move in with her after Sister Husband's death. She is entirely omitted from the film.
* In the novel, Ruth Meyers ends Willy Jack's career for going behind her back. In the film, she also ends his career when she gets a call from Tommy Reynolds' lawyer, who is suing Jack for taking the song "Beat of a Heart" from him.
* In the novel, Mary Elizabeth Hull dies in the fire at her library. In the film, she succumbs to the complications of her alcoholism.
* In the novel, Lexie marries her co-worker Leon Yoder. In the film, Lexie marries Ernie the exterminator.
* In the novel, Forney instead travels for some time before settling in Chicago. In the film, Forney returns to school.
* In the novel, Willy Jack makes it to California, where he fails to get money from his cousin in Bakersfield, tries to pawn his guitar for money which falls through, and ditches his current girlfriend, which leads to his train accident. In the film, his girlfriend goes into a restaurant to eat, leading to Willy Jack's train accident.
* Novalee's marriage to Forney only occurs in the film.