Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of traveling through Italy, India, and Indonesia in search of pleasure, devotion, and balance after a difficult divorce.
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After a wrenching divorce in her thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert sells her belongings and spends a year abroad: pasta and language lessons in Italy, ashram life in India, and a complicated new love on Bali.
Yes. Eat Pray Love is Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 memoir about a year of travel in Italy, India, and Indonesia after her divorce. The events are autobiographical, though some travel companions have said her portrayal of them is selective.
Yes. Ryan Murphy directed a 2010 film adaptation starring Julia Roberts. The film follows the memoir's three-country structure and was a commercial success despite mixed reviews.
Eat Pray Love was written by Elizabeth Gilbert, published in 2006 by Penguin.
Eat Pray Love is 364 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Eat Pray Love takes most readers 5 to 8 hours to finish.
Eat Pray Love is a standalone novel by Elizabeth Gilbert, not part of a series.
Eat Pray Love is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
