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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 910.4 EAN: 9780143038412 ISBN: 0143038419 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: January 30, 2007 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 Lamotts hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister) is poised to garner yet more adoring fans. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Give her a break...My wife got this book (from the library) on a recommendation from someone who she can't remember. Just as well; after 150 pages, she threw it into the "return" pile saying the author was a spoiled, self-centered brat. Out of curiousity, I picked it up and managed to get through it. I say cut the writer some slack. The book does suffer from two things. The first is the author's refusal to discuss anything about her apparently very emotionally draining divorce which ... Read More Rating:  - Great Summer Read!I found this book a wonderful read. Leaving herself open to the world, the author shares her journey to self-awareness. She seeks something that some in this world will probably never understand for she has a desire to heal herself from within. Through her search, she finds that the Divine has been living inside of her all the time, just waiting for her to find the "bliss" of connection. As a pastor, this is a message that I would gladly share with the great majority of people who are hurting deep ... Read More Rating: - Great Book! Couldn't put it down until I finished.From beginning to end I was fascinated with this book. I think it is a great book for any woman to read. Immediately after I finished it I mailed it to my mom to read and told her when she was finished to give it to another woman. It was insightful,funny, and easy to relate to. I cannot wait to read another one of her books! Rating:  - I think she grew as a personI love travel, personal search for meaning books and although, this wasn't a great book, it was entertaining and I think she grew as a person, some of the country observations were nice. A nice book--don't agree that is has great spiritual insight, but we are on a search for meaning. This is one woman's search.. Perfect for plane travel Rating: - Could not put it down for a seconThis is the best book i've read in a while. I could not let it go. She has great sense if humor as well as honesty. I can't recommend it more. |
