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 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1728 reviews
Sales Rank: 95
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0143038419
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4
EAN: 9780143038412
ASIN: 0143038419
Publication Date: January 30, 2007
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 Best.Book.Ever. November 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been reading books for a (relatively!)long time and few have affected me as warmly and deeply as this one. Liz Gilbert is so brutally honest about her personal journey through time and space and spiritual reality, it's hard to imagine that not every single reader would not fall madly in love with this amazing piece of literature.
For one thing, Gilbert isn't even a tiny bit shy about revealing her many personal weaknesses and challenges -- and in so doing, effectively inspires ordinary folk into attempting the extraordinary. Not that these are be-all, end-all pursuits for all of us, but before reading this much-celebrated memoir, I never seriously considered visiting India or meditating.
Loved the vibrant, humorous and candid descriptions of the entertaining characters who populated Gilbert's colorful travels through Italy, India and Bali almost as much as her resonating observations about beautiful/imperfect human nature. And all in laymen's terms, too. Come on! When was the last time most of us read something about '"evil" being the ego's trick to see ourselves as separate beings' and really 'got it'? (speaking for myself, never!)
Those who knock Eat, Love, Pray for being self-indulgent or superficial, must be confusing it with some other book.
Certainly not for everybody, but if you enjoy personal and honest examinations about the pursuit of self and spiritual wholeness, this book's definitely worth checking out.
 A good read for any woman searching for something more November 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I truly enjoyed this book. Is it sappy?..yes, a little. Narcissitic?...maybe, a little. Offensive?...not to me, not even a little.
When I read this book I was going through a very difficult time in my own life. While I didn't have the money to take a year off from life, I read this book and allowed myself to be carried off through the authors enlightening journey. I had so many of the same questions, the same thoughts, and too many same experiences sobbing on the bathroom floor.
I found the ironic, sarcastic humor funny and perfectly timed and the authors experiences and frustrations with the healing process genuine.
This may not be a book all women can enjoy, but if you are in a hard place, struggling to find yourself, exploring spirtuality, or if you just enjoy reading a book about travels to interesting places; keep on open mind and give it a try.
Loved it! November 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
How could anyone claim that the book lacked substance!
Read it and then judge it! I personally loved it especially the "Pray" part!
Absolutely loved this book November 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I'm reading a book and find myself wanting to become the main character's best friend, I know this is a great book. That's what happened to me with this book, I was constantly thinking how much I liked this person (in this case the book's author) and how much I would enjoy going out for coffee and having a conversation with her.
I wasn't sure about reading this book after the reviews I read here. In fact, I had it on my wish list and took it off after reading some of the reviews. However, one of my closest friends read it recently and as soon as she finished she said "you have to read this book, you are going to love it!!". This is a person who doesn't read much and who hasn't enjoyed many books. This is also a person who knows me extremely wel. As soon as she said that to me I went out and bought it. Actually, my friend was going to lend it to me but her mother was reading it and I really needed a new book so I went out and bought it instead. I'm so glad I did! I ended up putting post its all over it, pointing out passages that I liked or related with, and I'm glad to own a book that I'm sure I will return to many times.
I liked how Gilbert wanted to find inner peace without giving up on some of life's most superficial and guilty pleasures. This is something I have constantly thought about as well, and it has actually prevented me from going deeper into my own spiritual journey for the fear of not being "spiritual" enough, of not being able to unattach myself from the more superficial things in life, that I must admit I thoroughly enjoy. I also liked that I was able to relate to the anxiety she feels at realizing she doesn't want many of the things society thinks a woman should want, such as children. I felt I was listening to a close friend talk about herself, the way us girls do, sometimes being very deep and transendental and at other times completely superficial and silly.
I understand that this book (as it happens with any book, really) is not for everyone. For those who enjoy deeper, more spiritual memoirs Gilbert will seem completely shallow and self-indulgent. For those who always wonder whether a spiritual life can go alongside the simpler pleasures of life, you will find in this book many of the questions you have already once asked yourself. In my experience, this was a wonderful and inspiratonal book. I have not liked a book so much in a long time.
self realization November 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am surprised by some of the negative comments about this book. It is about a woman's search for herself ... so of course this would be about HER! Through her self discovery she has made a difference in women who are on a similar journey. I being one of them. Gilbert's writing is making a lighthearted read of a very dark time in her life. I did not suffer from the same kind of depression as Gilbert did, but due to a difficult marriage and divorce I am on my own self discovery and search for spirituality during a very hard time. I appreciated Gilbert's candid honesty, her willingness to admit her own shortcomings and her humor.
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