“EAT, PRAY, LOVE””
ALSO BY ELIZABETH GILBERT
Pilgrims
Stern Men
The Last American Man
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love
VIKING
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Gilbert, Elizabeth, date.
Eat, pray, love: one woman’s search for everything
Across Italy, India and Indonesia / Elizabeth
Gilbert p. cm.
ISBN 0-670-03471-1
1. Gilbert, Elizabeth, date – Travel. 2. Travelers’
writings, American. I. Title.
G154.5.G55A3 2006
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Eat, Pray, Love
For Susan Bowen –
Who provided refuge
Even from 12,000 miles away
Eat, Pray, Love
Tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth.*
– Sheryl Louise Moller
* Except when attempting to solve emergency Balinese real estate transactions, such as
Described in Book 3.
Eat, Pray, Love
CONTENTS
Introduction
Book One
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Book Two
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
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