Eat, Pray, Love

This beautifullywritten, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers andreviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficultchoice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success(marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study threedifferent aspects of her nature amid three different cultures,Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotionin India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesianisland of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funnyauthor (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott’s hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yetmore adoring fans.