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The Guardian of the Heart is a novel by the French writer Françoise Sagan, published in 1968.
Josée travels across America with her husband Alan, trying to find freedom and meaning in a marriage marked by jealousy, insecurity, and emotional dependency.
The novel gives a cross-section of family relationships in the writer's time. Many men have cheated on their wives in order to enjoy some pleasures for one night. They had no idea that their wives had psychological trauma because of it.
The novel follows the declining Roman bourgeois family of Ardengo over the course of several days: widow Mariagrazia, lover Leo, son Michele, and daughter Carla – all trapped in apathy, lies, sexual manipulation, and moral indifference.
The novel follows three women: Diane, a noblewoman; Catherine Simonidzé, a feminist; and the real Clara Zetkin, a communist. Through their destinies, the crisis of bourgeois society, women's emancipation, and the path to communism are depicted.