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Step into the life of Blanca Perea, a talented college professor in Madrid who, when her marriage of twenty years crumbles to shambles around her, questions whether she has ever truly known herself. Resolving to change her surroundings, she accepts a research grant position in California, and while there discovers the transformative power of second chances . . .
Evocative, lyrical, and humorous, The Heart Has Its Reasons is a journey of the soul from the pangs of the past to the vibrant present, and about the thrill of creating ones life anew.
“Dueñas more than lives up to her title as one of the best contemporary authors today.” -- El Mundo (Spain)