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Elizabeth is in her thirties, settled in a large house with a husband who wants to start a family. But she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a rebound fling later, Elizabeth emerges battered yet determined to find what she's been missing. So begins her quest. In Rome, she indulges herself and gains nearly two stone. In India, she finds enlightenment through scrubbing temple floors. Finally, in Bali, a toothless medicine man reveals a new path to peace, leaving her ready to love again.
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Viajes, Travel, Biografía espiritual, New York Times bestseller, Biografía, Description and travel, Religious aspects of Self-realization, Self-realization in women, Spiritual biography, Viaje, Autoras estadounidenses, Autores estadounidenses, Religious aspects, Travel writers, Escritores de viajes, nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2007-02-04, Self-realization, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Mujeres estadounidenses, Biography, Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969- -- Travel, Travel writers -- United States -- Biography, Spiritual formation, Self-evaluation, Conduct of life, Anecdotes, Large type books, Self-actualization (Psychology), Influence, Divorce, Panic, Travels/Italy, India, and Indonesia, Women, united states, biography, Italy, description and travel, India, description and travel, Indonesia, description and travel, 18.06 Anglo-American literaturePeople
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Originally published: 2006.
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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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