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A Love Story

A Love Story

A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

By Elizabeth Gilbert

By Elizabeth Gilbert

By Elizabeth Gilbert

By Elizabeth Gilbert

By Elizabeth Gilbert
Read by Elizabeth Gilbert

By Elizabeth Gilbert
Read by Elizabeth Gilbert

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Feb 01, 2011 | ISBN 9780143118701

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Jan 05, 2010 | ISBN 9781101189832

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Jan 05, 2010 | 510 Minutes

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    About Committed

    The #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to Eat, Pray, Love–an intimate and erudite celebration of love—from the author of Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear.

    At the end of her memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian living in Indonesia. The couple swore eternal love, but also swore (as skittish divorce survivors) never to marry. However, providence intervened in the form of a U.S. government ultimatum: get married, or Felipe could never enter America again. Told with Gilbert’s trademark humor and intelligence, this fascinating meditation on compatibility and fidelity chronicles Gilbert’s complex and sometimes frightening journey into second marriage, and will enthrall the millions of readers who made Eat, Pray, Love a number one bestseller.

    About Committed

    The #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to Eat Pray Love—an intimate and erudite celebration of love from the author of Big Magic and City of Girls. 

    At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who’d been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous bad divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which-after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing-gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert’s trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to “turn on all the lights” when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert’s memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.

    About Committed

    At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who’d been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous horrific divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which—after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing—gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert’s trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to “turn on all the lights” when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert’s memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.

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    Also by Elizabeth Gilbert

    City of Girls
    Big Magic
    The Signature of All Things
    Stern Men
    Pilgrims
    See all books by Elizabeth Gilbert

    Also by Elizabeth Gilbert

    City of Girls
    Big Magic
    The Signature of All Things
    Stern Men
    Pilgrims
    See all books by Elizabeth Gilbert

    About Elizabeth Gilbert

    Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels City of Girls, The Signature of All Things, and Stern Men; the story collection Pilgrims; and the nonfiction books Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, Committed, and The… More about Elizabeth Gilbert

    About Elizabeth Gilbert

    Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels City of Girls, The Signature of All Things, and Stern Men; the story collection Pilgrims; and the nonfiction books Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, Committed, and The… More about Elizabeth Gilbert

    About Elizabeth Gilbert

    Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels City of Girls, The Signature of All Things, and Stern Men; the story collection Pilgrims; and the nonfiction books Big Magic, Eat Pray Love, Committed, and The… More about Elizabeth Gilbert

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Feb 01, 2011 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143118701

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Riverhead Books
    Jan 05, 2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9781101189832

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Jan 05, 2010 | 510 Minutes | ISBN 9781101154465

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