Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
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One of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time from the bestselling author of City of Girls and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert.Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love touched the world and changed countless lives, inspiring and empowering millions of readers to search for their own best selves. Now, this beloved and iconic book returns in a beautiful 10th anniversary edition, complete with an updated introduction from the author, to launch a whole new generation of fans. In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want--husband, country home, successful career--but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she left behind all these outward marks of success, and set out to explore three different aspects of her nature, against the backdrop of three different cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.
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All the while that i had been reading this book I couldn't help but think "Is this just 'Fight Club' for divorced women?"
Hear me out - Both The Narrator in Fight Club and Elizabeth Gilbert, are fueled by dissatisfaction with their lives. both have a spiritual emptiness, both seek a guru (in the Narrator's case it is Tyler Durden while in Gibert's story, she finds a guru in India and a mystic man in Indonesia. Both books illustrate societal expec...read more
Hear me out - Both The Narrator in Fight Club and Elizabeth Gilbert, are fueled by dissatisfaction with their lives. both have a spiritual emptiness, both seek a guru (in the Narrator's case it is Tyler Durden while in Gibert's story, she finds a guru in India and a mystic man in Indonesia. Both books illustrate societal expec...read more
Insightful at times, annoying at others. As an intellectual person who has never belonged to a religion, I identify with Gilbert’s description of God and her journey to finding a relationship with the divine. I found myself drawn to certain parables, wishing the thoughts to continue. But then other chapters felt like they droned on with immature descriptions that belong in a freshman English class. I felt like a majority of the insight in the boo...read more
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was insightful,at the same time as it was witty. While I haven't experienced the deep spiritual searching Gilbert describes, many of her experiences ring true for me. I understand flailing around, trying to fine your life, after many failed attempts. I envy her ability to befriend anyone whom se comes across... that is truly a gift from God! GIlbert is obviously a skilled writer, sating our need for human co...read more
Another good Oprah book. I wasn't sure about it, but the chapter on Italy, with the great descriptions on the scenery and the food, pretty much had me hooked. The sections were about Italy (Eat), India (Pray), and Indonesia (Love).
Excellent book that pretty much anyone would like.
Excellent book that pretty much anyone would like.
Would have rated higher but the first third of the book I was annoyed at Elizabeth’s whining about her depression and divorce and almost put the book down. Glad I didn’t because the rest of the book was beautiful and redeeming.
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