The 10th anniversary edition of 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 … 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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One of my favorites
What you can do and see when somebody else is picking up the tab for your travel. Still, a good book, well-written.
A joy to read and dream about living this kind of life. It is all about finding ourselves and who we are meant to be
I enjoyed ‘following’ this brave woman around the world to find herself. She did something we all should do in our lives, to avoid clinging to the safe and familiar, but possibley boring life.
Excellent Book
I felt that this book was so boring! The author was having a mid life crisis, leaves her husband and a wonderful life to travel and find herself. Please! She seemed so selfish and reckless. To be honest, I only got through Italy and couldn’t finish.
While I do not like raining on anyone else’s parade I found it difficult to get through this book….the woman whines and complains the whole way through and is absurdly naive.
I read this book several years after it was on the best seller lists, but I still found it to be timely and inspiring. Women who take ownership of their own problems and learn how to care for themselves and their own needs are important mentors for the rest of us. Whether you find yourself through food, or travel, or spiritual activity, healing yourself and then following your own goals is a good skill. Elisabeth showed us all these skills.
This book is about a mid-thirties woman that gets a divorce and goes on a year-long trip to ‘find herself’. It is an okay read, but I’m glad it is done. I am a fast reader and this book seemed to go on forever. The author is rather whiny and changes tenses throughout the book. The three countries visited are Italy, India, and Indonesia. I found the Italy portion to be pretty interesting, the India section was slow and what dragged the most, fortunately it ended with her much more interesting time in Bali.
Wasn’t my cup of tea.
I could not finish this book. It just went on and on like an irritating somewhat bragging stranger at a dinner party. I did appreciate the writing style. I did not care for the subjects especially the pray and love parts. I just couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that she wanted so much sex for a person that wanted so much religion. I understand that it was a very popular book, perhaps I am just an opinionated prude, haha.
I started this book, wondering whether I would fall into the “loved it” camp or with those who couldn’t stand it. Setting aside that the author and I differ in our religious beliefs — because whether or not I agree with someone on any topic, I can still find reading and learning about it interesting, if it’s presented in an interesting manner — there were a few really beautiful and profound statements made in this book, but there were many other statements and behaviors and choices that felt deeply selfish in a not-so-nice way. There was a sense of…lack of ownership. Sure, she beat herself up over her failures, but then she decided to simply dismiss them. I do believe that we need to do this self-shaming and then acceptance and moving on, in order to be healthy, but I think we also have to show that we *learned* from it, to be a better person, to try hard not to repeat that which brought us shame and pain. I’m not sure I ever got that feeling from her, though, and that bothers me. So, I came full circle since picking up this book. It was interesting, but I didn’t like her, much less like her enough to wish we’d be friends, in part because I really wished I could smack her a vast majority of the time I was reading. For someone who supposedly ended up so grounded, she sure felt like she always stayed flighty and uncommitted to anything, really. And I think there are times when we need to make a stand for *something*, not just say “for right now, while it suits me…” about *everything*.
I absolutely loved this book!!! I couldn’t put it down and was so disappointed when it ended.
One of the most boring and derivative oops I have ever read. Same goes for the movie. I wouldn’t recommend.
A fun read. Lots of friends have read it. Armchair travel.
#goodread #entertaining #enlightening
A woman’s strange journey around the planet experiencing food, people and romance.
Not a great book as far as I’m concerned. Bored me
An easy and interesting read. Gilbert shares her emotional journey and provides a beautiful description of the places she visited.
I found parts of the book informative, such as personal experiences with meditation and some background on Bali. However, I found the author annoying in her self-absorption and tendency to wallow in self-pity. I was rather glad to come to the end.