Follow Your Heart (novel)

{{Short description|1994 book by Susanna Tamaro}}

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Follow Your Heart ({{langx|it|Va' dove ti porta il cuore}}) is a book written by Susanna Tamaro in 1994, originally published in Italian by Baldini & Castoldi.{{Cite news|last=Povoledo|first=Elisabetta|date=2008-08-03|title=Coming to America from Italy - No, not another mafia story|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/business/worldbusiness/03iht-publish04.1.14962745.html|access-date=2021-04-28|issn=0362-4331}} The book has been translated into at least 44 languages, including English, and has sold over 18 million copies.{{Cite web|author-first=Lee|author-last=Marshall|date=2011-10-23|title=Just one little lie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/just-one-little-lie-1588292.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=The Independent|language=en}}{{Cite web|website=Italy On This Day|title=Susanna Tamaro - bestselling author|date=2018-12-12|url=https://www.italyonthisday.com/2018/12/susanna-tamaro-bestselling-Italian-author-va-dove-si-porta-il-cuore.html|access-date=2021-07-13}}{{cite news |last1=Martínez |first1=Sanjuana |title=Susanna Tamaro: 'El amor del Evangelio provoca odio' |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A84866244/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=ebsco&xid=88160f73 |access-date=2022-03-17 |work=Proceso |date=2002-03-24|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.today.it/gossip/vip/susanna-tamaro-compagna-roberta-de-falco-lesbica.html|title=Susanna Tamaro: 'La mia infanzia in un corpo sbagliato. A tre anni dissi che volevo chiamarmi Carlo'|language=it|date=2024-03-08|work=Today|access-date=2024-05-22}}

Plot

This book is an epistolary novel in which an elderly woman writes letters to her granddaughter who has left Italy for America. She writes about the poor choices she has made, which have led to several lives being ruined.

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