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Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage |  | Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: Viking Adult
Category: Book
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Rating:  109 reviews
Sales Rank: 206
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0670021652
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.81
EAN: 9780670021659
ASIN: 0670021652
Publication Date: January 5, 2010
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At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who’d been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other, but also swore to never, ever, under any circumstances get legally married. (Both were survivors of previous bad divorces. Enough said.) But providence intervened one day in the form of the United States government, which—after unexpectedly detaining Felipe at an American border crossing—gave the couple a choice: they could either get married, or Felipe would never be allowed to enter the country again. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fears of marriage by delving into this topic completely, trying with all her might to discover through historical research, interviews, and much personal reflection what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. Told with Gilbert’s trademark wit, intelligence and compassion, Committed attempts to “turn on all the lights” when it comes to matrimony, frankly examining questions of compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations, divorce risks and humbling responsibilities. Gilbert’s memoir is ultimately a clear-eyed celebration of love with all the complexity and consequence that real love, in the real world, actually entails.
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 I liked it! March 10, 2010
Mom of Two (Cleveland, OH)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Liz returns with the story of why and how she marries Felipe. They had vowed to spend their lives together but without getting married because they had both been through difficult divorces. Gilbert relates tons of information on the history of marriage and different cultural views on marriage. She shares some very personal information about the marriages of her mother and grandmother. This book is not as funny as "Eat, Pray, Love" but was still very enjoyable.
 Painful March 9, 2010
L.S. (Nashville, TN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ugh. I was so disappointed with this book, having high expectations after "Eat Pray Love". I never skip pages, but I started skipping here. I felt like I was in a bar where the person next to you has one drink too many and won't stop talking about the same topic over and over... in this case, marriage.
I'm divorced and (happily) remarried so you'd think I could relate... I'm glad to see Gilbert taking her vows *very* seriously but God Bless, that was a long-winded "I Do".
Save yourself the trouble and just buy a textbook on relationships over this. There's no story, this is more of a rant than a book.
 Great book, highly recommended! March 9, 2010
M Swij (Manchester, CT USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Provides great insight into the world of marriage and what it means in society today.
 Saltine cracker dryness March 7, 2010
Kalynne (Austin TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ok, I'm probably only one of the only women in the U.S. who hasn't read Eat, Pray, Love; that being said, I came into reading Committed with a blank slate opinion of the author and her past experiences. I have to agree with some other reviewers when they say this book is creepily reminiscent of our college sociology textbooks, dissecting and overanalyzing every little minute detail on the concept of marriage. It was all just a bit much, without much lightness to balance it out. It was too much teaching and research, which I guess if you're doing research on marriage, it would be a great resource for you, but otherwise it was pretty darn dry. I admit I am a little biased, having been married and divorced twice now. I did feel a bit silly reading a book on marriage and devoting this much time to it, when I fully intend to never get married again, and yes I get the irony of that being the author's beginnning standpoint as well. She was trying so terribly hard to convince herself that it was alright to get married, it ended up feeling as if "if you have to talk yourself into that much, maybe it really wasn't meant to be after all." I get that she and Felipe feel they were "forced" to marry by Immigration, and boy did it ever feel forced. I hope they get some rewards out of their hard-pressed marriage after all.
COMMITTED March 7, 2010
Carole Miller (PA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This non-fiction book by Elizabeth Gilbert was very well written. I felt that I was truly involved in her adventures along with those of Felipe, her new husband to-be. Elizabeth certainly was just as amazingly clear in this book as she was in the first, EAT,LOVE AND PRAY. Her research on marriage in various cultures, thoughts, insights, loves, joys, pain, compassion and persistance were all in evidence. What a wonderful read!!
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