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  • Eat, Pray, Love

  • One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia
  • By: Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Gilbert
  • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (14,901 ratings)

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Eat, Pray, Love

By: Elizabeth Gilbert
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Publisher's summary

Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned 30, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want: a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.

To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world, all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the 23 happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way, unexpectedly.

An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self-discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society's ideals. It is certain to touch anyone who has ever woken up to the unrelenting need for change.

©2006 Elizabeth Gilbert (P)2006 Penguin Audio, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., and Books on Tape. All rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"The author's reading of this memoir adds depth; she's obviously not a professional narrator, but her vocal presence provides vivid color and quirky humor as she eats (in Italy), prays (in India), and finds love (in Indonesia). This is a delightful memoir that explores exotic countries as well as the author's heart and soul." (AudioFile magazine)

"Sustaining a chatty, conspiratorial tone, Gilbert fully engages readers in the year's cultural and emotional tapestry, conveying rapture with infectious brio, recalling anguish with touching candor, as she details her exotic tableau with history, anecdote and impression." (Publishers Weekly)

"Gilbert's sensuous and audacious spiritual odyssey is as deeply pleasurable as it is enlightening." (Booklist)

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Beautiful

So inspiring ❤️Loved it! Thank you for writing it.Your journey has inspired me to be patient with my own growth .

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inspirational

Such an inspiration. I highly recommend the book. Her writing style is a joy and voice is very pleasant to hear.

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I loved this book

I really enjoyed listening to Elizabeth narrate this book through Audible. I laughed and I cried a few times and she was the perfect person to narrate it because she made me feel as if I was right there with her. I loved it when Richard from Texas showed up. He is such a funny guy. If you haven't read this book yet then you have to listen to it on Audible. It is great.

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I could listen to her stories forever

I'm only about ten years behind, but I finally decided to download "Eat Pray Love", and I absolutely loved it. I haven't read the book, nor have I watched the movie. I'm so glad that I decided to listen to the book first, here on Audible. Elizabeth's narration completes her story, and I can feel her emotion through her speaking. I also love how she gives all of the characters their own accents. What a journey she has lived...I do plan to watch the movie and read the book, but again, so happy that I decided to listen.

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Great start to finish

Enjoyed the clear description of the journey to being whole after trials of love back to love and balance.

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Unusual; not for everyone

This was an interesting story. The author undergoes an amazing personal journey specific to your needs. Her solutions are her own. Not all of it was relevant to me, but this was not my story. I found value in parts, but not all. Not a great story but worth listening to.

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Overall Enjoyed

I normally listen to books like Twilight Series, Sookie Stackhouse Series and Anita Blake series and I needed a change. I heard a lot of good things about this book and this wasn't what I was looking for but overall I enjoyed it. It is a bit slow but I would recommend to other. Enjoy!

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Wonderful

Always a joy to read, it was a different and sweet experience to listen to Elizabeth narrate her own journey. I'll come back to the audio rather than the written in the future, I think. :)

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BEAUTIFUL, truly beautiful and SO inspiring

I'd listen to this book again and again and again. Her voice gives so much life to every word. Her memories felt so vivid and colorful. She is absolutely now one of my favorite authors.

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Wonderful!

A lovely story of a wonderful journey in life. Nice to hear the author read her own story. A real feel good book! 🙏

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