eat, pray, love

so i finallllly got my hands on eat, pray, love by elizabeth gilbert and i recommend it to anyone.
i loved it so much, i've read it twice in one weekend, and for me to read the same book in a few days you know that means something.

i was first told of this book by aubs, who said to read it, and she wanted to send it for mine, aubs and hil's book club, but thought we should own it ourselves, so i looked for it in the cork city library and they didn't have it, so i was disappointed, and i'm trying not to buy books over here for logistical purposes, so when i found out that any public library in ireland participates in an interlibrary loan scheme, i was very excited. so i put in a request for it, and when i got the email on tuesday afternoon letting me know it was in, i was excited, because i had decided to just buy the book for this trip at the airport.

so a quick synopsis of the book without giving any of it away. a woman hits her 30s and realises she doesnt want to have children and divorces her husband, goes through a terrible divorce, has a really bad rebound relationship and after some soul searching decides to spend a year abroad, in italy perusing pleasure, india perusing devotion and then in bali trying to find a balance of the two. and it is her story of finding it.

i guess there were just so many things that stood out to me in the book, the ideas and thoughts she had really made me think about a few things and her style of writing was just great.

one of the things i think appealed to me most, was this one thought, she was having a discussion in rome, where she finds out the word of rome is sex, and then her and her friend go through and discuss what other cities words are, new york - achieve; los angeles- succeed and then later on in the book she finally finds her word, which really made me think about what would my word be? what word describes me. and that is something i am thinking about.

also her search for balance i find interesting, how do you combine what you love, with what you need to do?

i guess this book was just a good thing for me, to think about, especially since i am always asked what i will be doing next? i dislike that question, i want to do something that i enjoy, where i can travel, where i can be close to the outdoors and a city, i want to laugh and most importantly be in a place where i will be happy. so if anyone has any jobs for me in december, that would be great, especially any that are in ireland.

but i totally recommend this book to every single friend, along with the india.arie cd - testimony. volume 1 life & relationship.

oh, and random, but totally on topic for me.
so at work this morning i googled the author, i wanted to find out more about her
and an article she wrote for GQ was the basis, of my favourite movie, coyote ugly.
seriously?
how random is that?
her article, the muse of the coyote ugly saloon, from march 1997 GQ.
oh and next time i'm in the states, we are going to coyote ugly, its been on the to-do list since the summer of 2001.


so go out and read eat, pray, love, because i will be buying is shortly, even going against my no buying books rule. and i want someone to talk about it with.

so many things to think about with this book and i can't even begin to describe it.