Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1432 reviews
Sales Rank: 17
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Pages: 352
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
ASIN: B000PDYVVG
Publication Date: April 11, 2007
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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.
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 Wonderful adventure May 11, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Eat, Pray, Love is fun, adventurous, insightful and an absolute pleasure. I feel like I know Elizabeth Gilbert - what a terrific writing style of authenticity, vulnerability, and wisdom. Loved every page.
Loved it!!! May 11, 2008
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I was reading through some of the reviews others have written for this book and felt a lot of them were unfair. I can't even imagine giving this book anything less than 5 stars. I love the rawness of it... The author did a wonderful job describing her experiences, feelings and thoughts on her journey to finding God and worldly pleasures... and a way to balance the two. I found this book hard to put down. I laughed with it and cried with it. Fantastic book!!!
What a wonderful way to appreciate our flawed selves. May 11, 2008
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This book was very honest, sometimes raw, and very real. While I see some reviewers have called the author petty and shallow, I think it gives a very real look into what makes us all unique human beings -- flaws and all. Could any of us be this honest about what makes us quirky or the flawed individuals we all are? Elizabeth Gilbert becomes a more self-aware and a slightly improved version of her former self, but doesn't change entirely. Would we believe it if a person truly went through a transformation that turned them into someone else completely? The point of this story, in my mind, is for us to be more self-aware, and learn how to be better, without losing or ignoring ourselves in the process. And, I appreciate the author's candid disclosure about herself, her life, and her experiences. She's obviously intelligent and funny, and I enjoyed reading her story. It leaves the reader feeling like he/she isn't alone in being an imperfect, but uniquely wonderful, human being.
 author is in need of spiritual awakening May 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
okay, it had a few funny moments, some observations that were incisive and would ring a bell for others; but though i was at first excited to read this book, it took me months, as i had to keep putting it down, much like i end stupid, boring, whining, insensivite phone conversations.
the author is shamefully self-absorbed: ego-centered drivel pollutes the section on prayer, where she predictably got into but never a phrase beyond her very small-case 'self'. obnoxious. i'm embarassed for her. not without its sometimes enjoyable writing, but otherwise, disappointing and sad. choose instead fielding's 'tom jones', anything by hazrat khan, and if you want to learn something about love, . . . get out and volunteer some time with others.
An inspirational book for women May 10, 2008
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This book was phenomenol. The author speaks to the reader in a way I have never experienced before. She made me want to break out my highlighter and dog ear the pages with her funny, yet "hit the nail on the head" insights into life, love, and depression. This book was uplifting, and inspirational in ways that really hit home. She really lets the reader into her life and shows us that there are always options when you feel like you have no where to go- but those options can only be uncovered by exploring within ourselves and doing some in depth soul searching. I highly recommend this book to any woman currently in a relationship crisis, but its such a good read, that anyone could benefit from Elizabeth Gilberts journey and experiences. And it's funnny as hell!
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