Writer Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, "Eat, Pray, Love", is a chronicle of the reassessment of life that she undertook after having been through a painful divorce, followed immediately by a painful breakup. With an advance on the novel that she was to write during her adventure -- the novel that was to become "Eat, Pray, Love" -- she financed a year-long "discovery trip" that took her through Italy, India, and Indonesia.
The memoir was a tremendous success for Gilbert; so much so that she was even prompted to write a sequel of the happenings in her life after the end of "Eat, Pray, Love". It is called "Committed", and it is a discussion of the difficulties presented when Gilbert (an American citizen) and her "significant other" (a Brazilian national) discover that in accordance with U.S. law, they must get married, in spite of the fact that both of them have misgivings when it comes to marriage, especially given their combined past experiences with it.
On 13 August 2010, the long-awaited film pseudo-adaptation of "Eat, Pray, Love" will be released in movie theatres, starring Juila Roberts -- her first film role in some years, if I recall correctly. Gilbert's story is pretty interesting, so if you are a fan of the book, this is a movie that you might not want to miss.
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