The Heart Has Its Reasons (51 page)

Also by María Dueñas

The Time In Between

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Copyright © 2012 by María 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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Poem, “Para vivir no quiero,” by Pedro Salinas © Pedro Salinas Estate

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dueñas, María, date.

[Misión olvido. English]

The heart has its reasons : a novel / María Dueñas ; [translated by Elie Kerrigan]. — First Atria Books hardcover edition.

pages cm

I. Kerrigan, Elie, translator. II. Title.

PQ6704.U35M5713 2014

863'.7—dc23

2014014023

ISBN 978-1-4516-6833-9

ISBN 978-1-4516-6836-0 (ebook)