A book recommendation...

The back jacket reads......"A meditation on love in its many forms - love of food, language, humanity, God, and most meaningful for Gilbert, love of self...Gilbert's wry, unfettered account of her extraordinary journey lets even the most cynical reader dare to dream of someday finding God deep in a meditation cave in India, or, perhaps, over a transcendent slice of pizza."

(Los Angeles Times)

"If a more likeable writer than Gilbert is currently in print, I haven't found him or her....Gilbert's prose is fueled by a mix of intelligence, wit, and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible."

(The New York Times Book Review"

The book starts in Rome, where Gilbert goes to escape the ruins of a failed marriage and another failed relationship. She eats her way across Italy, making friends and touring, learning to stop and smell the roses - or more likely - linguine and gelato!

From there to India, where the life of an ascetic and meditation lead her to experience internal power in the form of kundalini, and a new friend from Texas, who calls her "Groceries" gives good advice.

Indonesia comes next - and love - which is postponed for a time, finally beckons in a way that cannot be denied.

This is a book that will probably appeal to women more than men, but everyone can learn something about themselves here, as Gilbert bares her psyche in brutal honesty.