The Heart Has Its Reasons (51 page)
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Authors: Maria Duenas
Also by MarÃa Dueñas
The Time In Between
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Copyright © 2012 by MarÃa Dueñas
English language translation copyright © 2014 by Elie Kerrigan
Previously published as
Misión Olvido
in 2012 in Spain by Editorial Planeta
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dueñas, MarÃa, date.
[Misión olvido. English]
The heart has its reasons : a novel / MarÃa Dueñas ; [translated by Elie Kerrigan]. â First Atria Books hardcover edition.
pages cm
I. Kerrigan, Elie, translator. II. Title.
PQ6704.U35M5713 2014
863'.7âdc23
2014014023
ISBN 978-1-4516-6833-9
ISBN 978-1-4516-6836-0 (ebook)