Book1EatPrayLoveAuthor:ElizabethGilbertBornonJuly18,1969inWaterbury,Connecticut,U
Otherworks:ASkepticMakesPeacewithMarriagePilgrimsSternMenMaincontent:At32yearsold,ElizabethGilbertwaseducated,hadahome,ahusband,andasuccessfulcareerasawriter
However,shewasunhappyinhermarriageandoftenspentthenightsleepingonherbathroomfloor
Afterseparatingfromherhusbandandinitiatingadivorce,whichhecontested,sheembarkedonareboundrelationshipwhichcontinuedforsometimebutdidnotworkout,leavingherdevastatedandalone
Afterwards,whilewritinganarticleonyogavacationsinBali,Gilbertmetaninth-generationmedicinemanwhotoldhershewouldonedaycomebackandstudywithhim
Afterfinalizingherdifficultdivorce,Gilbertspentthenextyeartravelingaroundtheworld
Thetripwaspaidforinadvancewithabookdealfromthepublisher
ShespentfourmonthsinItaly,