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Title: Ugh! All Hype, No Heft
Review: Okay, so I fell for the hype, the sisterly admonitions to READ IT, and waited a while to buy it--so can I have my money back now, please? Extremely disappointing on so many levels--frenetic, manic writing, a completely self-absorbed and selfish "main character" (the author), lots of admonitions/reminders that we awful, shallow Americans don't know how to live...we don't know how to do nothing, yadayadayada. It is extremely difficult for me, a full-time working mother living on a college instrutor's salary to relate to someone like Elizabeth Gilbert. Authenticity is not a such a struggle for some, as she seems to suggest. If you are, however, interested in this type of voice/narrative, may I recommend Martha Beck and Jeannette Walls? You'll find substance, grit, suffering, and authenticity all the way around.
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