Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
EAN: 9780143038412
ISBN: 0143038419
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2007-01-30
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Eat, Love, Pray
Comment: This is a great book. It is brilliantly written, very funny, and thought provoking. I highly recommend it!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Insightful, enjoyable & enlightening
Comment: This book was wonderful! As for the negative reviews it received, I think these were written by the people who didn't quite grasp the premise of the book. I felt like I was vacationing with the author, she was so descriptive with her tales of traveling to the foreign countries she wrote about. In Italy, she let you experience the food and drink through her narrative and in India, you got to experience the spiritual awakening she unravelled and then in Indonesia, (my favorite)she taught you about the politics on the country and the people and culture that she encountered. It was like being a fly on the wall in all her journeys. I definately recommend this book. It is a very spiritual, therefore "deep" book but if you are up to it, then go for it...you will only better yourself for reading it!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Eat, pray, self-indulge!
Comment: That said, this book is really entertaining! She does a fabulous job in Italy, but Indonesia is by far the best, most moving part. A little disappointed in Bali because i wanted it to culminate with something more meaningful than her getting laid finally. Nevertheless, lovely book and charming writer. I'd love to travel with her sometime and can't wait to see how they do the movie! Enjoy!!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I don't want to strangle the author, but the book was disappointing
Comment: I wish I could have traveled the world for an entire year and pigged out on pasta to get over my divorce. Instead, I was forced to drink too much and eat a lot of chocolate and tell anyone who would listen what an a-hole my ex was.

I enjoyed reading about the food in Italy, but that was about it. I was kind of disappointed, after all the good hype about the book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!!
Comment: did i mentioned that loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!! loved it!!!

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