The novel is titled Follow your Heart because Olga, the grandmother who wrote the letters, tried to convey to her Granddaughter that unless she follows her heart, she will never be happy. Olga has this viewpoint because during her life she didn't follow her heart, and made decisions based upon what other people had to say, no matter what she felt. There were many times throughout Olga's life where she didn't follow her dreams. One example of this was when she married Augusto. Olga didn't really love Augusto. Her mother and father adored Augusto, and to make her parents happy, she married him. Olga though, was unhappy, and the quote "After three years of marriage, my one and only thoug