Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I very much enjoyed this book--I actually listened to it rather than read it. I think listening to it, told by Gilbert herself, you actually get a better sense of her self-deprecating humor, and her awareness that she know how very blessed she is, but it doesn't ease the suffering she feels. I don't feel the book is overly whiny--I guess I know what it feels like to be so damaged by life that that is all you can think of for a solid 2-35 years.

I especially enjoyed her spiritual journeys in India. The way she describes her mind interrupting her meditation--I so get that. I so get that she wants to be in the world, but not of it--that battle between heart and mind--and I truly love the way she finally gets them to agree. I wish I could get there from Italy, India and Bali like she did (sigh).

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