The Intelligence of the Heart is a memoir exploring transformative moments in the author’s life when, instead of relying solely on reason, she was guided by her heart.
It’s High Bar Harbor resident Susan Belfiore’s telling of her journey from Princeton, N.J., to Constanza, Romania in the aftermath of a dictatorship that left thousands of young children orphaned and institutionalized. While volunteering, she met five Romanian children with HIV/AIDS and adopted them.
The decision changed her life in profound ways.
In retrospect, she discovered many pivotal experiences occurred when she followed her heart, so rather than dismiss certain…
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