Annotation #2 – October 17, 2007
Title: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publication Date: 2006
Number of Pages: 334
Genre: Nonfiction
Geographical Setting: New York, Italy, India and Indonesia
Time Period: 2003
Series: N/A
Plot Summary: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia is written by author Elizabeth Gilbert. This is a cinematic memoir about Gilbert’s one year journey away from home in search of her inner self. Around the age of thirty, Elizabeth had what many think is the perfect life. She had a successful career, recently married a loving husband, and had two new homes. Her life was content and she believed it was time to add another chapter to her life, and begin a family. Suddenly, one day she woke up and realized she felt differently about every thing she had and realized she was unhappy. Gilbert decides to make a drastic decision and leaves everything behind and set out to explore the world in seeks of her true destiny.
Subject Headings: travel, traveling writer, women, American women, adventure, memoir, personal journeys, self-help, self-discovery, self-actualization, personal transformation, philosophy, spirituality, divorce, depression, and happiness.
Appeal: realistic, cinematic, inspirational autobiography, first person narrated, memoir, chatty, intimate, self indulgent, emotional, candid, eloquent, easy read, leisurely and slow paced, impressive, courageous and gutsy, intriguing, down to earth, tenderness, humorous, witty, stylish, smart, adventurous, entertaining, love story, expressive, descriptive (descriptions of New York, Italy, India and Indonesia), and geographical details.
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