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Binding: Kindle EditionDewey Decimal Number: 910.4 Format: Kindle Book Label: Viking Manufacturer: Viking Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: April 11, 2007 Publisher: Viking Release Date: April 11, 2007 Studio: Viking 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 Lamott's hip, yoga-practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ugh!I also was excited to read this book, I'd heard good things about it. I was really suprised that I could dislike it this much! The writer is just sooo totally self-centered and annoying. I've never rolled my eyes so much while reading a book and just found it so shallow and the writer so concieted. I found it disturbing that she didn't seem too affected by the poverty she must've witnessed in India, perhaps she was, it just didn not come across to me in the book that she was. If you want some ... Read More Rating:  - Thank you for sharing!Thank you for sharing! You are very funny and frank! It helped me to get through my bitter divorce journy. I bought the cd version of the book and was listening in the car with 2 of my young children. I was kind of wish to know that there are some bad words in there ahead of time. But I did make the explaination to my children - especially the 8 yrs old child. I think things are ok. I do really enjoy your book! Wish you the best! Sincerely, DL from VA Rating: - You have got to be kiddingSave yourself the money and the time and don't bother. If I could bail out on my family, friends and my job to meditate in a cave in India for four months, I would probably find some peace too. I found her to be very self absorbed and self centered. I spent more time saying to my self "give me a break" and "when is she going to get over her self", than actually getting anything meaningful out of this book. This book came highly recommended to me, so I was thrilled to see I was not the only one who ... Read More Rating: - Thought it was a great read and a unique bookAm surprised by the number of negative comments! I really enjoyed this book, and it's very different from other books you'll read. I don't think the author was self-absorbed; I think she was coping with one of those watershed events in life that change everything and deserve some introspection, if you can afford the luxury. Her true appreciation of the different cultures that she's exposed to and appreciation of the people she meets is engaging. She also is obviously a lover of words (not surprising, ... Read More Rating: - egregious at every pagethis has to be one of the most pretentious books i have every read. garbage through and through. if you have a fireplace... |
