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The author chronicles how the U.S. government gave her and her Brazilian-born lover, Felipe, an ultimatum--marry or Felipe cannot enter the country again--and how she tackled her fears through research and personal reflection on the enduring institution of marriage.
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Gilbert provides here a thought-provoking, well-researched deep-dive into the institution of marriage (predominantly) in the Western world. Though it didn't quite have the same kind of satisfying narrative as Eat Pray Love, it also wasn't quite a memoir so much as a distillation of research, historical and sociological, interspersed with Gilbert's own personal matrimonial dilemma. Which worked. As always, Gilbert's voice is friendly, witty, erudite but casual - a delight to read. I enjoyed it quite a bit, and as a bit of a marriage skeptic myself, learned a lot of things I still need to chew on. Would recommend for anyone who likes Eat Pray Love and wants to give marriage a second thought.
