| Elizabeth Gilbert is a successful New York journalist. At 31, she no longer wants to be married, doesn't want to have a baby, and doesn't want a big house in the suburbs. While enduring a long and bitter divorce, she rebounds into a romance with a guy like her dad.
Confused and distressed, she decides to go on a sabbatical through Italy, India, and Indonesia on an advance she gets to write a book about her journey. In Italy, she gains 25 pounds learning about pleasure and living without a goal. In India, she stays at an ashram, gets beyond the noise in her head, and she learns devotion. In Indonesia, she meets a native healer, a woman like herself, and her next lover while learning balance. | ||
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Plot & Themes Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes Struggle with - midlife crisis Period of greatest activity? - 1950+ Subject of Biography Gender - Female Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 () Europe Yes European country: - Italy Asia/Pacific Yes Asian country: - India Island? Yes Island: - on vacation Small town? Yes Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee Century: - 1980's-Present Writing Style Book makes you feel? - encouraged - like laughing Graphic sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book |
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