LIBRARY NOTES
 
After a painful divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert embarked on a voyage of soul-searching
and self-discovery through three countries with little in common other than the
first letter in their names. In Italy she healed her body with wonderful food; in India
she learned to calm her mind and spirit through meditation in an ashram, and in Bali she healed her spirit with the help of a swami and herbalist.
Eat, Pray, Love chronicles her footloose quest in a manner Booklist calls "irreverent, hilarious, zestful, courageous, intelligent, and in masterful command of her sparkling prose."
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of a story collection,
Pilgrims (a finalist for the
PEN/Hemingway Award), a novel,
Stern Men, and the nonfiction book
The Last American Man,
a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle
Award. As a journalist, she wrote for GQ for five years and was nominated three times
for the National Magazine Award.
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