Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert

No cover — Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love (2010, Bloomsbury Publishing)

E-book

English language

Published Dec. 14, 2010 by Bloomsbury Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-1-4088-0866-5

(62 reviews)

A funny, tender, utterly beguiling story about a woman's search for happiness It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby – and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. So she travels to Rome, where she learns Italian from handsome, brown-eyed identical twins and gains twenty-five pounds, an ashram in India, where she finds that enlightenment entails getting up in the middle of the night to scrub the temple floor, and Bali where a toothless medicine man of indeterminate age offers her a new path to peace: simply sit still and smile. And slowly happiness …

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martina.pugliese reviewed Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert

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2 stars

It is a light read, so take it as such. I found it quite superficial and not particularly entertaining either, but I did read it all - and I didn't have higher expectations so I was fine with it. The part about Italy especially (note: I'm Italian) is full of stereotypes and crass generalisations that the author would be forgiven to apply if she wasn't a regular traveller and writer by profession, so on that I'd expected a bit more.

ThomD reviewed Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Review of 'Eat, pray, love' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Elizabeth Gilbert is an intelligent, compassionate, gifted writer. Her dedication to growth and inner strength are admirable. If you are going through a tough time this book is a must read.

That said, I thank everything that is holy that I don't know Liz personally. She would drive me insane. Is she an inspirational quote machine? Absolutely. Would my brain shutdown after five minutes of listening to her talk about herself? Absolutely.

cessie reviewed Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert

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4 stars

I loved it! From beginning to end! Of course I know not everyone has the chance to live life like that but it's a book that gets you thinking...read more