Follow Your Heart (novel)

"Va' dove ti porta il cuore" redirects here. For the film, see Follow Your Heart (1996 film). For the Raynetta Mañees novel, see Raynetta Mañees.

Follow Your Heart (Italian: Va' dove ti porta il cuore) is a book written by Susanna Tamaro in 1994, originally published in Italian by Baldini & Castoldi.^[1] The book has been translated into at least 44 languages, including English, and has sold over 18 million copies.^[2][3][4][5]

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.^[2]

References

1. Povoledo, Elisabetta (3 August 2008). "Coming to America from Italy - No, not another mafia story". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
2. Marshall, Lee (23 October 2011). "Just one little lie". The Independent. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
3. "Susanna Tamaro - bestselling author". Italy On This Day. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
4. Martínez, Sanjuana (24 March 2002). "Susanna Tamaro: 'El amor del Evangelio provoca odio'". Proceso (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
5. "Susanna Tamaro: 'La mia infanzia in un corpo sbagliato. A tre anni dissi che volevo chiamarmi Carlo'". Today (in Italian). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.