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    Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of Eat, Pray, Love with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!


    This engaging summary presents an analysis of Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, an autobiographical account of the year-long journey undertaken by the author following her painful divorce. In her travels across Italy, India and Indonesia, she overcomes her loneliness and depression, learns how to take pleasure in food, and practices yoga and meditation before finding love once again. Her journey brings her the inner peace she had been missing, and allows her to build a new and unconventional life that makes her truly happy. Loved by readers for its sincerity and humour, Eat, Pray, Love was an instant bestseller on its release in 2006, and has sold 10 million copies to date. It has been translated into over 30 languages, and was successfully adapted for the cinema in 2010. Elizabeth Gilbert is a journalist and writer. She has written for the New York Times Magazine, among other newspapers and magazines, and her books include memoirs, novels, short story collections and biographies.

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    This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:
    • A complete plot summary
    • Character studies
    • Key themes and symbols
    • Questions for further reflection


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateNov 9, 2016
    ISBN9782806280992
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      Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      American journalist and writer

      Born in Waterbury (Connecticut) in 1969

      Notable works:

      Stern Men (2000), novel

      Eat, Pray, Love (2006), autobiographical narrative

      The Signature of All Things (2013), novel

      Elizabeth Gilbert, who has a degree in political science and has travelled all over the world, is a journalist, including for the prestigious New York Times Magazine. She published her first novel, Stern Men, in 2000, followed by The Last American Man in 2002. However, it was not until four years later, with her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, that she became famous.

      In 2010, she released another autobiographical narrative, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, and her latest novel, The Signature of All Things (2013), cemented her popularity with readers. Gilbert’s prose stands out for its fluidity, and her writing

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