false 19501 36 From The New Yorker book review: The New Yorker At the age of thirty-one, Gilbert moved with her husband to the suburbs of New York and began trying to get pregnant, only to realize that she wanted neither a child nor a husband. Three years later, after a protracted divorce, she embarked on a yearlong trip of recovery, with three main stops: Rome, for pleasure (mostly gustatory, with a special emphasis on gelato); an ashram outside of Mumbai, for spiritual searching; and Bali, for “balancing.” These destinations are all on the beaten track, but Gilbert’s exuberance and her self-deprecating humor enliven the proceedings: recalling the first time she attempted to speak directly to God, she says, “It was all I could do to stop myself from saying, ‘I’ve always been a big fan of your work.’ ” 3352398 book 2006 Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia total:107561|5:30982|4:31763|3:24756|2:12145|1:7915| 107561 388435 153665 21977 3 180 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 17:15:06 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 08:45:00 -0800 2008
In the end the ov...more...]]> 0 178 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 08 19:41:04 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 19:43:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 131 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 11:40:00 -0700 2007 Sat May 03 22:31:52 -0700 2008 The title and the flowery, pasta-y cover screams, "I'm a book that contains the relentless rants of a neurotic 34 year-old-woman."
So, I'm afraid that the strangers on the Metro will think I identify with her.
But in the comfort...more...]]> 2 57 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 21 08:30:36 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 10:00:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 64 false false Fri Jan 11 07:07:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 03:29:42 -0800 2008
In the first one, I'd be generous and I'd say that Elizabeth Gilbert has written an engaging memoir about some interesting people and places and told us a lot of funny stories.

In the second review, I'd say that she is a selfis...more...]]> 1 75 false false Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 10:41:49 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 11:11:41 -0800 2008

It took me nearly a year to finish it. I was so disgusted by the writer's apparent lack of awareness of her own privilege, her trite observations, and the unbelievably shallow way in which she represents a journey initiated by grief, that ...more...]]> 1 40 false true Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 28 18:40:04 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 18:49:29 -0700 2008
I've recently given in. I normally don't go for the Oprah-style self-help mumbo-jumbo. However, the hype surrounding "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert was just too frenzied to ignore. So I gave in and read the book. "...more...]]> 4 30 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 14:06:37 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 06:59:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 28 false false Sun Jan 06 12:35:34 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 12:48:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 33 false false Tue Apr 08 04:02:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 25 23:37:44 -0700 2009
Eat Play Love is the monologue of a neurotic american princess ("Liz") in her mid thirties. The first few chapters background the rest of the book, a confessional that ...more...]]> 1 26 false false Sat Sep 22 18:05:41 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 22 18:29:55 -0700 2007
A cousin recommended EPL and I thought it would teach me something about the book market. My secret boyfriend at the public library was...more...]]> 5 17 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Oct 28 11:56:20 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 05 00:38:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 21 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 30 15:01:42 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 20 11:25:55 -0800 2009
The book has helped me come to terms with the fact that this whole divorce healing process is taking so long, longer than any of my friends expected I think, and that it's not over. But even...more...]]> 4 12 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 21:07:30 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 07 20:25:39 -0700 2008 Eat, Pray, Love — a woman's journey after a series of personal hardships to find peace and happiness across three countries — I thought it was going to be a solemn retelling of the pilgrimage-like voyage in the likes of Paulo Coelho. Of course I was wrong.
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As recently as 50-100 years ago, men were writing about going to foreign countries and striking up affairs with exot...more...]]> 5 9 true false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 17:09:29 -0700 2007 Mon May 14 17:55:56 -0700 2007
Just read this and tell me you aren't hooked:

“But I wish me and David could---“ ...more...]]> 1 13 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 16:30:19 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 11:50:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 11 false false Sun Jun 29 21:11:40 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 21:11:40 -0700 2008 1 11 true false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 14:13:17 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 00:07:27 -0700 2008 This book is not uplifting or spiritual in any way. Elizabeth Gilbert is going through life unaffected by anything except her own whims. She is so selfish and self congratulating, tr...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2385175