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I've just had the most lovely evening.  A friend sent me the following link:

http://www.bordersmedia.com/shows/bookclub/gilbert.asp

On it you'll find a book group meeting with writer Elizabeth Gilbert who wrote "Eat, Pray, Love" which has done so well  it's now in paperback.  Another friend sent this marvelous book to me last year and I read it in a weekend. It's truly the book for anyone who's on any sort of personal/spiritual journey to better understand themselves and who longs to simply be happy.  Oh, and it's great for anyone who's been divorced too.

A nutshell synopsis of the book is that it's about the year long journey Gilbert (whose book "Stern Men" I loved as well) takes to first Italy, then India and finally Bali.  In Italy she eats, and eats and eats and makes you hungry for the amazing Italian food, in India she prays and meditates while living in an ashram, and in Bali she spends time with a very wise medicine man and falls in love with the man she's married to today.

What is so refreshing about Gilbert is her honesty about her feelings.  This is not a journey of all sunshine and roses.  It's a tough road for a woman who feels guilty and broken hearted and angry at the end of her marriage, but who wants to feel okay again.  I especially loved her pieces on meditating and to find out that I'm not the only one who feels strange sensations and energy in my body while doing so (I am still a novice at meditation six or so years into it, but I hope to take my first class in it next week).  It's a wonderful read, especially for anyone who feels a bit stuck on their own path and wants some inspiration, honesty and laughs.