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Saturday, January 19, 2008

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia



book reviews: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
I enjoyed this book so much that I purchased 10 additional copies and gave them as Christmas gifts. Eat, Pray, Love is truly an inspirational read. I highlighted excerpts throughout the book and refer back to them often. Liz Gilbert hit upon so many emotions that a lot of us feel but are afraid to expose. It was a relief to know that many of us share those same emotions. I loved this book. More detail...


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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.More detail...

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