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| Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia | 
 enlarge | Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Large Print Distribution
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1739 reviews
Sales Rank: 313609
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 633
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 1594132666
Dewey Decimal Number: 910.4092
EAN: 9781594132667
ASIN: 1594132666
Publication Date: October 26, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: LARGE PRINT edition. Covers curling up a bit. Only light wear. NOT an ex-lib. Ships with USPS Delivery Confirmation.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Delightful December 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book. In part, I am sure, because it reminds me of Italy's sights, smells and sounds. Also, as a woman I related to her experiences. Sometimes she made me howl with laughter, and other times I winced at her honest rendition of life's pains. This was as enjoyable as a bon bon. Most of my reading is research or other non-fiction. This departure was delightful for me, and I am so glad to have received it as a gift. It probably is not everybody's fare. I wouldn't have appreciated it when I was in my 20's, for example, nearly as much as I do now, in my 40's.
 Eat, Pray, Love December 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Basically a "chick-book" where we are asked to share the adventures of a recent divorcee as she eats in Italy, prays in India and loves in Indonesia. There are interesting parts to it (for this male reviewer) but I found myself skipping over much of the more emotional gush -- will she or won't she go to bed with her Italian translator. I for one could not care less. But for those who like books where women share their inner thoughts, you could do worse than this.
A narcist's rant November 24, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read this book for the sole reason that it had been on the best seller list for a long time.
The good thing about this book is that it shows how the author saw herself through the bad times and was able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm sure a lot of people can relate to it and learn something from it.
However, it was unbearable to see everything in the book being about herself and nothing else. Her every interaction with people has a sole purpose. Herself.
She talked about a girl she befriended in the ashram in India. She says that the girl wore spectacles that had broken lens but that didnt keep her from wearing it.. For some reason I got stuck on that line.
Even when she supposedly falls in love, it is all about how he treats her/compliments her and such.
Also, It wasn't very convincing to see someone change from one mode to another seamlessly (Eat pray love) and become oblivious of the previous mode.
Getting in Touch November 23, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I picked up Eat, Pray and Love several times in the bookshops since it was published in 2006. I put it down. Several friends asked me: have you read the book? I hadn't. Finally, at the bookshop a few weeks ago a friend asked, you haven't read it? Let me get it for you. OK, I said. I finished reading it a few days ago. It reminded me Sarah McDonald's Holy Cow. Written in a breezy style, I felt it lacked depth. However, I was empathetic with the Gilbert's need to do what she as doing and needed to heal. The strengh of the book is that Gilbert does carry out her dreams and helps herself. Many women I know have this need, but not the courage to cary it out. For those I think the books is inspirational. It talks of following your heart and geting in touch wiht your heart.
 Reading this book was just a waste of time and money! November 23, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I really expected a lot more from this author as her book was advertised all over and became popular. I thought it can teach me something I don't know. But the whole thing was about this woman's shallow thoughts and feelings here and there and her boring journey with her exaggerating some unimportant happenings in her life and making an annoying cliche out of them. I forced myself to finish this book and could easily throw it in the garbage afterwards. I don't recommend it to anyone.
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