review: eat, pray, love

Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir eat, pray, love is an emotional telling of her conflicted decision to divorce her husband and the personal growth that comes from finding oneself all alone. she made the atypical decision to confront her loneliness and heartache head on rather than hoping it would eventually melt away.

she divided the next year of her life into thirds, spending 4 months in each of three countries: italy, india, and indonesia. in each of these countries, she intentionally seeks more freedom--physical (eating), spiritual (meditation at an Indian Ashram), and emotional (relationships with wonderful people on Indonesia).

Without giving away anything, she walks away from this year of searching as a completely different woman than who entered it. She conveys everything she sought in order to find pure pleasure, solitude, and happiness.

Please read this memoir. It is lovely. Truly.