Imbued within this paraphrasing is how Elizabeth Gilbert’s attitude came across to me in the audiobook – a snarky sort of self-awareness.Īnyway my point is, Roxane most probably wrote this book for herself as a way to bring a sort of order to all her internalised suffering by sifting through her past to bring causes and consequences to the surface, and ultimately to move past all of it, acknowledging the past and forging ahead, rather than peering behind her as she had always done.
I’m glad you got some good lessons out of Eat Pray Love, but again, I must reiterate, I did not write it for you. I am not a huge reader of memoirs, however, I recall Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic where she says something akin to: Sorry reader but I do not write for you, I write for myself. Roxane physically ripping open her chest to reveal her fleshy, thumping heart would probably be the only other way she could further lay herself out for others to see. It is raw, truthful and captivating, real shit. Let me begin by saying that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I worry that I can’t be happy or feel safe anywhere… I will not let my body dictate my existence… I will not hide from the world.
