Not a reflection on the quality of Committed, but just something I thought of when I started reading it: I feel like the premise of the book could be tweaked a bit to make it into an obnoxious little romantic comedy starring one of those actresses that do “quirky” roles. Elizabeth Gilbert, successful journalist and bestselling author, never wants to get married again! Until a US immigration officer gives her a deadline: Get married in the next year or be an exile forever! If this were a movie, she would spend the year meeting wildly unsuitable guys and ignoring her…
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Review: Stern Men, Elizabeth Gilbert
Published 5 Dec 2009
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Gin Jenny
Ruth Thomas lives on Fort Niles, an island off the coast of Maine, where the main occupation is lobster-hunting. Raised mainly on Fort Niles by her father and her neighbor Mrs. Pommeroy, Ruth’s upbringing is punctuated with time spent in Delaware boarding school. Upon her graduation she returns to Fort Niles determined to start a life there, despite the apparent wishes of her mother’s family, the posh Ellises who only summer in Fort Niles. I liked Eat Pray Love – not unreservedly, but a lot. I liked it when God told her to go back to bed, and I cried…
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