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Revisiting ‘Eat, Pray, Love’: A ‘Transcendently Great Beach Book’
Roiphe writes:
In his World Hum review—way back in February 2006—Frank Bures writes that “Eat, Pray, Love” will “leave you smiling in your liver.”
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COMMENTSThe “Eat, Pray, Love” juggernaut continues to confound me, especially when I read reviews that consistently brand the narrator “likeable.” Sorry, I just don’t get it. It read as self-indulgent to me. By on 7.6.07 at 06:51 PM
Just a day before I left for my own 3 month journey in Tuscany, a friend recommended “Eat, Pray, Love”—I absolutely loved it and couldn’t put it down my first week in Siena Italy. My life changing experience was much like what Gilbert speaks about in her book. I’m so excited to hear there will be a movie about it. I blogged about my adventures at http://www.melissaintuscany.blogspot.com By Melissa Mellott on 7.8.07 at 02:32 PM
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