Author of Bestseller "Eat, Pray, Love" to Speak at IUPUI September 28

View print-quality image

Bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert - most famous for her book “Eat, Pray, Love” - will present her views on “Traveling the Road of Life” on September 28, 2009 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). 

Gilbert’s appearance is hosted by the Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management at IUPUI. It is part of the annual Efroymson Lectures on International Art, Culture and Heritage.

 She will speak at 7 p.m. in Room 450 at the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Boulevard. After her remarks, Gilbert will sign copies of her book. The event is free and open to the public.

 Described as expansive, exploratory, playful, bright and armed with a comic’s sense of timing, Gilbert became a household name with the 2006 publication of “Eat, Pray, Love.” It is the story of the year she spent traveling around the world in search of personal restoration after a difficult divorce. The book exploded in popularity with women across the planet. It has been published in more than 30 languages with over 5.7 million copies sold.

 Gilbert is also the author of a collection of short-stories entitled “Pilgrims” (1998), the novel “Stern Men” (2000) and the critically acclaimed The Last American Man (2002), a nonfiction account of the back-to-basics woodsman Eustace Conway.