Books
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Committed: A love story |
Eat, Pray, Love (bwl 60) ended with Elizabeth and a Brazilian-born Australian settling in America, swearing eternal love but never to marry. Then he is refused re-entry unless they do. This causes them to re-access their traumas and rediscover themselves and their mutual confidence. Included is a reflection on marriage customs in different countries and cultures and what can be expected of a permanent, loving union. As honest and illuminating as its predecessor - and oh so human.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 61 Summer 2011) |
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything |
Neither the off-putting title nor the film convey the emotional, religious and philosophical density of Gilbert's engaging and spontaneous account of her travels and the people and situations she encounters following a painful divorce. Through a series of shocks, delights and recognitions together with an unflinching self-appraisal of her mistakes and struggles, she discovers the path to future happiness, describing with clarity and honesty what many of us will recognize in ourselves.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 60 Spring 2011) |
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The Signature of all Things |
This book is going to become a classic! It's the story of Alma Wittakers, a very wealthy American girl and a self-taught brilliant botanist in the 18th century. And that's the thing: Gilbert makes the study of moss interesting while at the same time telling the story of Alma's life. You have to read it.
(Laurence Martin Euler - bwl 70 Autumn 2013) |
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The Signature of All Things |
This is a surprising, engrossing, detailed historical novel, which successfully manages to cross genres. Its exploration of the history of Botany, women in Science and the conduct of Global Business is deftly woven through the family relationships, dreams and disappointments of some pretty impressive British and American characters.
(Margaret Teh - bwl 74 Autumn 2014) |
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