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'Insightful ... She speaks for many who question the bliss in conjugal bonds, or, at least, those who want to understand how the tradition still perpetuates. For better or worse' 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 NationalBook Critics' Circle Award. She is best known for her 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love ,which was published in over thirty languages and sold more than sevenmillion copies worldwide. The film, released in 2010, stars JuliaRoberts and Javier Bardem. Elizabeth Gilbert lives in New Jersey, USA. The eagerly awaited sequel to the astonishing international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love, COMMITTED is 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. The eagerly awaited sequel to the astonishing international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love Zusammenfassung Presents a 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....
