Committed : : a Love Story

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Call Number: 306.81 Gi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Picking up where her bestselling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" left off, Gilbert details the extraordinary circumstances that surround her love with Felipe, the man she swore never to marry.

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Gilbert is still reflected on it submitted by ospi96 on January 31, 2011, 8:39pm I have seen some negative reviews on this book. I do like it. I specially like how you can feel Gilbert on its pages. It is not the transformational tale of Eat Pray Love because this book is about the person that came out of that transformation. She is human, she is funny and she is very, very american. It was commented on the blog womenventing.com

Made me really think submitted by sheryl205 on July 8, 2014, 3:48pm This book was really interesting. Not only was her personal journey fascinating and an insight into the world of visa's and immigrants, but the history and laws regarding marriage were eye opening.

beautiful submitted by Judeyblu on August 26, 2015, 8:52pm After her search for happiness (and herself) in Eat, Pray, Love- Gilbert wasn't all that sure about staying in a married relationship.
I enjoyed this book for its honesty, and also the gorgeous word-pictures she shares.

3 of 5 stars submitted by cullerth on July 10, 2018, 11:40pm I can't relate to Elizabeth Gilbert's lifestyle: I will never know what it is like to be able to spend so much of life traveling the globe with the freedom to do nothing but ponder all of my most pressing philosophical questions. The world she occupied in Eat, Pray, Love and picks up again here is a fantasy for most of us.

But what I can relate to in this book, and what I think many people will be able to relate to, is Gilbert's deep skepticism of marriage in modern society. If nothing else, I appreciate her honesty and bravery in confronting this topic at a deeply personal level on such an elevated platform. I've read many critiques of this book that balk at the lack of rigor in her research (which is a valid critique - she definitely should have done a better job of citing sources and included a bibliography), or complain that she is too "whiny" and self-absorbed...but I think she accomplished what she set out to accomplish: a raw and at times uncertain account of her battle with a very thorny subject that acknowledges her own shortcomings and blind spots. What more can one hope from a memoir?

Overall: a thoughtful personal meditation on the idea of marriage from one of the most popular memoirists of the day. May not rock your world, but worth a read if this is at all a topic that interests you.

Not as good as eat pray love submitted by crp on August 29, 2019, 12:18am Not as good as eat pray love