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.
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