''Follow Your Heart'' (''Va’ dove ti porta il cuore'') is a book written by

Susanna Tamaro Susanna Tamaro (; born 12 December 1957) is an Italian novelist and film director. She is an author of novels, stories, magazine articles, and children's literature. Her novel ''Va' dove ti porta il cuore'' (''Follow your Heart'') was a bestseller ...

in 1994, originally published in Italian by

Baldini & Castoldi Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore is an Italian publishing house, founded in 1897 and located under the arcades of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in Milan. Baldini & Castoldi changed its name to Dalai Editore in 2011, and "Baldini & Castoldi" became a se ...

. The book has been translated into 18 languages, including English, and sold over 16 million copies.

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.

References

1994 Italian novels Italian-language novels {{1990s-epistolary-novel-stub