Mind Material

If you have been very close to me emotionally, I'm sure you know how I feel about the book "EAT, PRAY, LOVE" by Elizabeth Gilbert and the eerie similarities of my life with the author's. If you haven't, then I must seriously recommend that you pick up that book first. It's absolutely a delight to read & really makes you wonder about how you live your life. I have never praised a book so much as this one, probably coz this one is very close to home. My copy is currently loaned to a friend, she has quoted this book herself & told me how much it has made a difference to her. So its a must read!

From this brilliant lady comes her next, titled "Commited: A sceptic makes peace with marriage".

Excerpt from her website: "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 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."

I'm waiting to go pick this up (hint: gift it to me!). Its Rs.395/- at Landmark online, MRP Rs.499.