Don't stop with the famous Gilbert book: Eat Pray Love. Read her earlier collection of short stories (Pilgrims) which demonstrates her power as a writer. Here she shows her ability to build a character sketch in a few short pages. Have fun enjoying these short stories.

This one started badly. I wasn't interested in the first 5 or 6 stories - just didn't see the point of them, including the title story - and ended up putting the book down for a couple of weeks. After picking it back up though, I was pleasantly surprised. She writes characters that you just have to like, even when you're hating what they're doing or otherwise cringing about their behaviour. A good read, if you can get past the first few tales. ( )