• 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 (14,822 ratings)

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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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inspiring. I feel like I get to live through her.

I feel like she is me and I am her. listening to her story of how she found inner peace has helped me realize that I need to find that same peace no matter what.

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Beautiful, inspiring, thoughtful and freeing.

I'm not a writer of reviews or of anything. Simply I loved this book. It's what my soul needed to hear at this time in my life.

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A fun read

I really enjoyed this book. It was filled with humor and reality of life as a woman. Although it didn't change my life course, I did take a lot from it. I have passed it on to several friends!

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Thanks for taking me along Liz!

I thoroughly enjoyed the time that I spent with Liz traveling across the world. Her ability to describe everything made me feel like I was there with her. Definitely hard to put down. A sad start to a triumphant ending!

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I'm in love with this book!

I adore this book and I love that the author narrated the whole thing. It was very transformative in my life for me as I read and engaged with this material during a dark and grieving period in my life!

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Phenomenal journey!

There were so many relatable moments in this book, I cannot name them all. I could feel the author's pain, struggles and joy and see the transformation in every place she visited. It was a delightful read!!

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Breathtaking!

Simply delicious. Every word is a feast. A celebration of the multi-colored rainbow of raw emotions Liz shares so openly it brought tears to my eyes over and over.

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Refreshing

I was very late to the party, haven't seen the movie and haven't read the book. I am so happy that my first date with the story was narrated by the author, this makes it extremely nice and entertaining. highly recommend it that way!

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Great book, hated "Indian" accent used- Offensive

Love the book and the movie. It's very relatedable, the only thing that made my skin crawl was the authors "Indian" accent. I don't think she intended on being offensive, but it would have been better if she just read it without the accent.

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Literally best

I loved this book. I mean, REALLY loved it. really really loved it. extra super duper 20 Words worth of loved it.

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