![]() ![]() But what gets lost in the popular narrative is that Eat, Pray, Love is a smart, tightly constructed and beautifully written story of a (contemporary First World) hero’s journey, from profound isolation and pain through a financially and emotionally risky trip to Italy, India and Indonesia, ending in new and complicated love. It’s true that Eat, Pray, Love, the book that made her into a rich and famous writer, established Gilbert as an Oprah-approved author-as-brand, and that the book (and the subsequent Julia Roberts movie) spawned a variety of lifestyle merchandise. For one thing, she’s not really a snake-oil salesgirl, neither of lowest-common-denominator chick-lit, nor First World-problem-solving self-help, which is the way that comment-section critics and high-lit detractors, suspicious of “women’s stories,” tell it. ![]() Activate your Online Access Now Article contentĮlizabeth Gilbert’s reputation is all kinds of wrong. If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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