‘Eat, Pray, Love’ Driving Memoir Boom
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 02.28.08 | 3:30 PM ET
Oprah sang its praises. Rolf Potts didn’t. But love it or hate it, Elizabeth Gilbert’s post-divorce travel memoir “Eat, Pray, Love” is among the popular books now driving a boom in new memoirs being published, reports USA Today.
Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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anne 03.03.08 | 4:29 PM ET
I’m curious and would love to hear from people who were inspired enough by Elizabeth’s adventures to take their own. Anyone???