tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post3472836845197435972..comments2023-08-15T07:12:07.964-07:00Comments on Paulus Torchus: a vote for anonymousPaul Mathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951893912611871578noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-61623190503395793902009-09-21T15:18:02.805-07:002009-09-21T15:18:02.805-07:00Ouch, sorry Paul, gonna have to judge you for judg...Ouch, sorry Paul, gonna have to judge you for judging a book you haven't read yet (and mentioned that you don't plan on reading.) For pete's sake, I forced myself to read all four horrid Twilight books just so I could make fun of them better...you should read Eat Pray Love.<br /><br />First of all, Liz Gilbert is not pregnant, ever. She decides that she is not ready to be a mother yet, even though there is pressure to be one. So she never gets rid of a child. Her divorce is painful but honest, and she never badmouths her ex or tries to simplify things between them.<br /><br />Secondly, she was practicing Hinduism long before she went to an Ashram in India to study it, then makes sure once she gets there to never mention which Ashram, who her guru is, or the real names of any of her fellow worshippers so that she's NOT exploiting them. And in Italy the chapter is less about food and more about her learning to take care of herself again and feed herself, as well as her learning Italian and devoting her life to pursuing pleasure so that she can emerge from a crushing depression that was making her suicidal.<br /><br />Finally, in Bali she learns to love herself, the new friends she makes, the medicine man she's working for, and yes, falls in love with a Brazilian man along the way.<br /><br />Nowhere in the book does she alienate her loved ones or destroy her life (or anyone else's).<br /><br />I think it's worth a read, if only so that if you don't like it you will at least know what it's about (and not have further fallacies that she abandons or aborts a baby, etc.)Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477498671080132176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7793841573292945810.post-32968222160459070492009-06-04T05:26:56.622-07:002009-06-04T05:26:56.622-07:00Guess I won't be reading Gilbert's book. L...Guess I won't be reading Gilbert's book. LOL. Sometimes I think parents (some parents) work so hard at raising their child's self-esteem that the kid ends up believing all of life after graduation will be grand. Every job will lead to instant vice-president of the board. Every paycheck will be of such a size as to announce to the world that this kid is fantabulous. Parents work so hard to prevent disappointment and hard knocks in a child's life so as to avoid crushing their soul. Later when a tidal wive hits, they have no ability to swim. Now that I'm done with that rant-like response, hang in there on the job hunting. You're in my prays.WhiteStonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345496310218224780noreply@blogger.com