At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love,
Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born
man of Australian citizenship who’d been living in Indonesia
when they met.
Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to
each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any
circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of
previous horrific divorces. Enough said.) But providence
intervened one day in the form of the United States
government, which—after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an
American border crossing—gave the couple a choice: they
could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed
to enter the country again.
Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled
her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely,
trying with all her might to discover through historical
research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this
stubbornly enduring old institution actually is.
Told with Gilbert’s trademark wit, intelligence and
compassion, Committed attempts to “turn on all the lights”
when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of
compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition,
social expectations, divorce risks and humbling
responsibilities. Gilbert’s memoir is ultimately a
clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and
consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.
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