Follow Your Heart
1997 Nominated

Follow Your Heart

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Driven by the fear of encroaching death, an elderly woman describes to a write a long letter to her granddaughter, in the shape of a diary. Part love letter and part confession, it is most importantly a bequest from an old woman at last brave enough to acknowledge that she has too long repressed her feelings and submitted to convention. Reliving everything that has happened to her she seeks to remind her granddaughter that the one worthwhile journey in life to the centre of oneself, in search of that original voice we all guard deep inside.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Susanna
Tamaro

Susanna Tamaro is the author of more than 15 books of fiction and nonfiction, published in more than 40 countries. They include the novel Follow Your Heart; a memoir, Turning Home; a collection of short stories; and several children’s books. Born in Trieste, Italy, Tamaro lives on a farm in Umbria.
Susanna Tamaro is the author of more than 15 books of fiction and nonfiction, published in more than 40 countries. They include the novel Follow Your Heart; a memoir, Turning Home; a collection of short stories; and several children’s books. Born in Trieste, Italy, Tamaro lives on a farm in Umbria.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR John
Cullen

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
New Zealand
Publisher
Doubleday
Translator
John Cullen

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