Eat, Pray, Love
By Elizabeth Gilbert
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143038412, 352pp.)
Publication Date: February 2007
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover (March 2006), Compact Disc (February 2006)
Categories: Literary, Personal Memoirs, Travelers
 |     |
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a story collection, Pilgrims (a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award); a novel, Stern Men; and The Last American Man (a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award).
So what if it's pure literary estrogen? Author David Sax says Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love the best comeback story he's ever read. Sure, Gilbert's memoir is often dismissed as a beach read for unhappy housewives, but Sax says the haters are missing the point. More at NPR.org
NPR Audio Player Requires Flash Upgrade: Please upgrade your plug-in to view this content.
This is a wonderful book, brilliant and personal, rich in spiritual insight. (Anne Lamott)
Gilbert's prose is fueled by a mix of intelligence, wit and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible. (The New York Times Book Review)
An engaging, intelligent, and highly entertaining memoir. (Time)
A meditation on love in its many forms--love of food, language, humanity, God, and most meaningful for Gilbert, love of self. (Los Angeles Times)
This insightful, funny account of her travels reads like a mix of Susan Orlean and Frances Mayes. (Entertainment Weekly)
This book is on these lists:
TRTurner's Wish List by TRTurnerSouldiaspora's Wish List by Souldiaspora
books by shawtygurl15
Sunnie779's Wish List by sunnie779
Found Books... by wattswritten
Wallhagens's Wish List by wallhagens
Books I want to read/ own by tiff4reading
Meesh's Wish List by meesh
Lifestyle by mlwallhagen
PARhodes's Wish List by PARhodes
All lists >>
 |
The Privileges Jonathan Dee Random House |
 |
The Unnamed Joshua Ferris Reagan Arthur Books |
 |
Committed Elizabeth Gilbert Viking Adult |
 |
The Crossing Places Elly Griffiths Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
