Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #306850 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07-29
• Original language: Italian
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Susanna Tamaro was born in Trieste in 1957 and is the author of Follow Your Heart.

Customer Reviews

A magical essay on life, love and destiny
This is a book to be returned to time and time again for some homespun Italian wisdom. Written as a series of letters to her granddaughter, the author eloquently describes her own turbulent life and her thoughts on the nature of human love, the workings of fate and the importance of looking within. As comforting as a bowl of spaghetti without any of the schmaltz sometimes encountered in other semi-spiritual works, this book is truly inspirational and will stay with you forever.

A wonderful and thought-provoking story.
Follow Your Heart will strike a chord with all those who are truly aware of the power to control one's own destiny. Every aspect of the woman's life-story touches on a different philiosophical outlook, which collectively serve to make us aware of the value of realising and experiencing true happiness. This book is for all those that have ever thrown reason aside when faced with a decision, and is also for those who chose to abide by the rules. We live with the consequences.

Medicine for the Heart
I have read this book in a period where I was in need of a friendly advice on how to choose my path of life. I found it in this book. It took me a month to read it, only because I found each page to be more magical than the previous one and I did not want to lose that feeling. Tamaro writes superbly , mixing the emotions of three generations of women , in an elequant way. I definetely recommend it to all those women who are in need of a spiritual note in their lives.