"An inspiring personal journey and an enlightening travelogue."
How could I talk about Island books and not mention this classic? To be perfectly honest, there are three other books that deserve to be on this list also, but then, just as I was narrowing my list, I thought of Bali – the toothless old man, the great learning that all is well, you just need to sit and smile…
This is a book that most women my age devoured when it first hit the shelves and yet, it remains (maybe in some part thanks to the movie) still present in my mind when I think of books I’ve enjoyed. Gilbert brings us on an emotional safari, taking in not just Bali, Italy and India, but in the company of a plucky narrator who despite being in search of herself, is very much a heroine for our age. The prose is beautiful, the dialogue smart and the settings…. Even if you never leave your armchair, this is a book to wash away those cares and worries between two delicious covers.
When Elizabeth Gilbert comes to a realisation that her mariage is over and her life has strayed from the one she wants, she sets off across the world to get back the happiness she lost. Managing to be both touching and hilariously funny in parts, Eat, Pray, Love is an inspiring personal journey and an enlightening travelogue.
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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.
Eat Pray Love features in the following genres: eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, General Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Fiction
Eat Pray Love is available in Paperback, , Ebook, Hardback
Eat Pray Love was written by Elizabeth Gilbert and published by Riverhead Books an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group
Eat Pray Love has 464 pages
