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| Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1758 reviews
Sales Rank: 110
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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| Customer Reviews:
 Loved it! November 10, 2008
3 out of 5 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
5 out of 8 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
2 out of 4 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.
Buying a Ticket November 7, 2008
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
I laughed and loved my way through this wonderful book. Elizabeth Gilbert has written a charming book in three parts: Eat, Pray, Love. You may have heard already but it's a great book. It's fun, easy and inspiring. I found that while I was reading, I was more enthused about my life. It was warm and lovely to experience the lustiness of Italy, the serenity of India and finally the sweetness of loving in Indonesia with this wonderful author. I love books that lift my spirit. I was on the very brink of buying a ticket to some exotic locale on the heels of this treasure. But even better, this is one of those books that invited me to find those joys in my everyday life. I recently read another book that does that lifting the spirit thing, too. It's called Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment [ASIN:1888043180 Being Here: Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment)] by Ariel and Shya Kane. Enliven yourself, your day and your life by reading both of these books.
 Boring and Uninspiring November 6, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have heard so many positive things about this book, so I decided to buy it for my sister-in-law as a Christmas present last year, without reading it. What a mistake. I was given the book recently and was very excited to read it, but my excitement faded with every page. The endless sob stories and self reflection was just boring. Every other page, I found myself caring less and less about what this self absorbed, whining woman had to say. I partially blamed it on the fact that I had just finished "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which is an amazing story about one woman's ability to overcome poverty, genital mutilation, arranged marriage, political chaos, etc... It is a tough jump from that book to this one. One reviewer criticized those of us who said we couldn't finish it. I honestly tried, but after I was half way through India, I found myself skipping through sentences and entire paragraphs due to lack of interest. I don't think any strong, happy, independent, positive person could enjoy this book.
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