Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
After a brutal divorce and depression, Gilbert spends four months each in Italy (pleasure), India (devotion) and Indonesia (balance). It became a phenomenon and a punchline, and underneath the privilege is an honest account of rebuilding a self from the floor of a bathroom. The India section is the strongest.
Read it if…
you are rebuilding after a collapse and want a companion who did it with humor.
Skip it if…
you cannot get past the privilege; it is real and acknowledged.
Three things you will actually use
- Pleasure is not frivolous after loss.
- Discipline in devotion rebuilds the self.
- Balance is learned, not found.
Do this first
Ask what you would need in each category: pleasure, devotion, balance.
Our verdict
Honest under the phenomenon.
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