Eat, pray, love

Author: Elizabeth Gilbert

A celebrated writer’s irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life., , Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful ca….Read More

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City of Girls

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The Signature of All Things

A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed.In The Signature of… Continue Reading Posted in: Epic Fiction, Family Life Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women Botanists

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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Tuesdays with Morrie

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