alimarie_11 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Has anyone read this book? I am veryyyy curious to get a 'catholic perspective' on it, or just anyone's i LOVED it with all my heart and soul, actually haha soo tell me what you thought about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corban711 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 i wish i could help you there, but i haven't read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zabbazooey Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 *listens in* I really want to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin86 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I've never heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 i've also been tempted to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Oh! Did the author do an interview on Oprah? Because I think I saw a bit of that and ended up watching the rest of it too. Then I saw the book in the shops and [i]almost[/i] bought it but a) I have perpetual guilt about buying books and b) I was wary it would be wishy-washy-new-agey and stuff. But you've read it? And enjoyed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Vengier Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 (edited) From the things I have heard and read about it, it never struck me an anything I could relate to as Catholic. Not that I'm opposed to reading non-Catholic perspectives on spirituality and other things, because I do read them. It's this particular book. It's the fact that she abandoned her marriage because the notion of "finding herself" on some "quest" was more important, and the fact that she equates entering into a sexual affair during her "quest" (that's the "love" part of the title) with love and romance as part of "finding herself", it all sits very badly with me. She struck me as a blatantly selfish woman. And I really don't have any use for books by people like her. [quote]At the age of thirty-one, Gilbert moved with her husband to the suburbs of New York and began trying to get pregnant, only to realize that she wanted neither a child nor a husband. Three years later, after a protracted divorce, she embarked on a yearlong trip of recovery, with three main stops: Rome, for pleasure (mostly gustatory, with a special emphasis on gelato); an ashram outside of Mumbai, for spiritual searching; and Bali, for "balancing."[/quote] BTW. it was in Bali that she had the affair so apparently she thinks sex will "balance" her. [url="http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Pray-Love-Everything-Indonesia/dp/0670034711"]http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Pray-Love-Everyt...a/dp/0670034711[/url] Edited August 24, 2008 by Madame Vengier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimarie_11 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 the affair wasn't the love part. and i don't completely agree with the sex in bali..but that wasn't the completely balance i absolutelyyyyyy loved it yes it was the chick on oprah thats howi heard of it ha ...i'm not sure what new-agey means really, because..everything she studied, and all the type of stuff, is ancient. its just that people are really taking more of an interest in it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigid Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I work at the library, so I know it's really popular... a lot of people have been putting it on hold. but I've never read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 From a Catholic perspective I'm wary of anything pushed by Oprah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin86 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 If it's recommended by Oprah I wouldn't buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeCatholic Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I started it, got about 10 pages in, and put it down. Not all it was hyped up to be in my opinion. Sure, some books take a bit to "get into", but when the first 10 pages disgust you, yeah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prose Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Okay... I read it. I loved it. Totally not Catholic, but certainly not non-Catholic. It certainly gave me an insight into Eastern religions. Which I greatly appreciated about it. It was a nice, light, sit-down-with-a-glass-of-wine kind of book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin86 Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 [quote name='prose' post='1637501' date='Aug 26 2008, 12:32 AM']Okay... I read it. I loved it. Totally not Catholic, but certainly not non-Catholic. It certainly gave me an insight into Eastern religions. Which I greatly appreciated about it. It was a nice, light, sit-down-with-a-glass-of-wine kind of book.[/quote] Sounds very chick, typical of Oprah. Still not interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alimarie_11 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) ouch, you guys are harsh on oprah but oprah was not the point it was a very personal thing, it opened up so much to me. its not a Chick book, its a soul book, it was for me anyway none of you will understand, unless you read the book, (thoroughly) so for any open mind thats intersted, i definitely recommend it Edited August 25, 2008 by alimarie_11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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