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Elizabeth Gilbert - Committed: A Love Story - 9781408809457 - KAK0000126
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Committed: A Love Story

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Description for Committed: A Love Story Paperback. The eagerly awaited sequel to the astonishing international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; VFVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 226. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear

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'Like Eat, Pray, Love, her follow-up ... feels irresistibly confessional ... I found myself guzzling Committed, reading it in mighty chunks, far into the night. Whenever I put it down, it was pinched by my mother or sister' - Sunday Times

‘An unblinkered consideration of what marriage really means' - Woman & Home

'Gilbert delves deep into the history and cultural meanings of marriage, as well as into her own relationship' - Financial Times

‘Insightful ... She speaks for many who question the bliss in conjugal bonds, or, at least, those who want to understand ... Read more- Vogue
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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 survivors of difficult divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the U.S. government, who - 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 completely into this topic, trying with all her might to discover (through historical research, interviews and much personal reflection) what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. The result is Committed - a witty and intelligent contemplation of marriage that debunks myths, unthreads fears and suggests that sometimes even the most romantic of souls must trade in her amorous fantasies for the humbling responsibility of adulthood.

Gilbert's memoir - destined to become a cherished handbook for any thinking person hovering on the verge of marriage - 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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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408809457
SKU
KAK0000126
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her short story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award, and her novel Stern Men was a New York Times notable book. In 2002, she published The Last American Man, which was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award. ... Read more

Reviews for Committed: A Love Story
'Like Eat, Pray, Love, her follow-up, Committed, feels irresistibly confessional ... I found myself guzzling Committed, reading it in mighty chunks, far into the night. Whenever I put it down, it was pinched by my mother or sister'
Sunday Times
‘An unblinkered consideration of what marriage really means'
Woman & Home
'Gilbert delves deep into the ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Committed: A Love Story


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