There is so much to learn from this wonderful autobiography, and from the honesty, intelligence and humour with which Elizabeth Gilbert approaches her brave quest for spiritual enlightenment. Elizabeth is in her thirties. She has a husband, a house, and she’s trying for a baby. She knows she should be happy, but who is she, anyway? She doesn’t know, and the questions ‘who am I?’, ‘What do I want?’ gnaw at her soul. Desperate to discover her own truth, she leaves her husband, and begins a painful process of dismantling everything false in her life, of stripping her habits, her lifestyle, her relationships, everything, down to the bare essentials. Three years later, in new found freedom, she is ready to embark on a year-long journey to find out who she truly is and what will make her happy. Her journey takes her from Italy, through India to Bali, where gradually, healing, happiness and genuine wisdom begin to creep up on her.
352pp, 129mm x 198mm, softback, 2007
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