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Title: Engaging and enlightening---until the end.
Review: It was hard to put this book down, until the final third. Gilbert's description of the end of her marriage, followed by her determination to recover in Italy, India, and Bali were engrossing. The descriptions of her experiences in Italy and in the ashram in India, whatever their limitations, were enlightening and even charming.The problem, and probably the source of some of the reviewers' criticisms, is the book's final phase in Bali, where the author inexplicably shifts from appreciative descriptions of people whom she likes to a kind of cutesy "look at me, aren't I just amazing" literary voice. The change is a disappointment, and some of your reviewers have reacted badly.
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