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This reads as a reassurance that grief can look different in hindsight. It can be taken to mean that even now, when the heart feels broken, the experience may one day feel like a tender chapter that marked a turning point. It lands for someone in the middle of a breakup or loss, when the only thing visible is pain and the future feels sealed off.
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About Elizabeth Gilbert
American journalist and author
Elizabeth Gilbert is an American journalist and author. Her memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, was published in 2006 and became widely read around the world. The book has sold more than 12 million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2010, which helped make Gilbert a familiar name far beyond literary circles.
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Books by Elizabeth Gilbert
Eat, Pray, Love
2007
Big Magic
2015
The signature of all things
2013
Committed
2010
City of Girls: A Novel
2019