Eat, Pray, Love

by Elizabeth Gilbert
4 stars
Nonfiction: Memoir
Setting: USA, Italy, India, Indonesia
334 pages
Published 2007

Ellie's Review
Elizabeth Gilbert needed a break from life after a divorce, so she traveled in search of herself. This is a good read about a woman's search for pleasure (eating in Italy), spirituality (meditating in India), and a balance between the two (loving herself and others in Indonesia). It'll make you want to eat gelato, meditate, and hang out with medicine men. You don't have to agree with Gilbert's way of dealing with her divorce, but reading about her year abroad is quite interesting.

Book SummaryIn her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want--husband, country home, successful career--but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she felt consumed by panic and confusion. This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she left behind all these outward marks of success, and of what she found in their place. Following a divorce and a crushing depression, Gilbert set out to examine three different aspects of her nature, set against the backdrop of three different cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.