Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Author: Elizabeth GilbertEdition: Paperback
Published: 2007-01-30
ISBN: 0143038419
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Review: A quirky, authentic, and candid memoir
Summary: 4 Stars
Elizabeth Gilbert is a funny, authentic, quirky, liberal, and openminded person. Very expressive and creative in her writing - almost childlike. She didn't pretend to be anything other than what she was. She spoke about very personal things and what really happened to her on her journey.
Some other reviewers seemed to think her insights were shallow and self-absorbed. It was a memoir - was she supposed to focus on others? As a woman - I heard myself in things she shared and not so much in others, but I appreciated her honestly expressing what she went through-regardless of whether I would have done the same or not. It's not easy to open up with so many judgements out there on how we "should" be - especially for women. I've had friends who have been through divorce, depression - and they all related a lot to those parts. How much pressure we have to be "selfless" and just fit the mold.
As for her insights in the Ashram - I've been to meditation treats - intense ones, and it was like that for me as well. I found her very amusing in her recount of it - and resonated with the challenges and the insights she had there. I'm not sure if I would have got it before I went. All in all - a thoroughly enjoyable, amusing book.
Summary of Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
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.Authors Books
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