{"id":3106,"date":"2022-12-15T17:06:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T17:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/?post_type=authors&#038;p=3106"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:29:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:29:14","slug":"elizabeth-gilbert","status":"publish","type":"authors","link":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/elizabeth-gilbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Gilbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block_d3ca8b541b62c0f529410d14fb9cd6fa\" class=\"wp-block-acf-author-intro \">\n    <div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 author-intro__image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Elizabeth-Gilbert-800x800-c-default.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"cell medium-6 author-intro__content\">\n            <div class=\"quote\">\n                \n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"author-intro__interact\">\n                <div class=\"author-intro__socials\">\n                    <p>Share this page<\/p>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/elizabeth-gilbert\/\" class=\"twitter\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a target=\"newtab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/elizabeth-gilbert\/\" class=\"facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-square\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Reading Room Author Share&#038;body=Author: https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/elizabeth-gilbert\/\" class=\"mail\"><i class=\"far fa-envelope\"><\/i><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <section class=\"article-content\">\n                <div class=\"article-body\">\n                    <p>Elizabeth Gilbert is a bestselling American author, most widely known for her 2006 memoir <em>Eat Pray Love<\/em>, an international success, turned into a movie in 2010. Elizabeth Gilbert worked as a journalist and has written both fiction and non-fiction, including her latest novel <em>City of Girls<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/section>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_5a3b59d6894ffe5af494bb5a8e9b8dd2\" class=\"wp-block-acf-carousel \">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x\">\n            <div class=\"cell\">\n\n                \n                \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"image-overlays\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left\" src=\"\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"\">\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"carousel-slider\" data-aos=\"fade-left\" data-aos-duration=\"2000\">\n\n                            \n                    <!-- Video popup here -->\n                                                                                    <!-- end -->\n\n                    <div 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Vivian, a young girl exiled by her parents, arrives in the big city with her sewing machine. At the Lily Playhouse, a rather disreputable yet charming Manhattan revue theatre, she makes a new family and learns to embrace the life she wants to live. But to fully do so, there will be hard lessons to learn along the way.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/city-of-girls\/\">Read more<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"block_8773152c023685b3212cd97db761ac34\" class=\"wp-block-acf-custom-book-shelf \">\n\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cell\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Author recommends<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"grid-container book-listings\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"cell medium-12\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal quick-view\" id=\"quick-view-book-wolf-hall\" data-reveal data-close-on-click=\"true\" data-reset-on-close=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"quick-book\">\n\n        <div class=\"book-image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hilary-Mantel-Wolf-Hall.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/wolf-hall\/\">\n                <button class=\"read-more-btn\" type=\"button\">Read More<\/button>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"book-short\">\n            <h2>Wolf Hall<\/h2>\n            <h3>By Hilary Mantel<\/h3>\n\n\n           \n                                     <div class=\"book-short__chosen\">\n                    <span>\n                        Recommended by: Elizabeth Gilbert\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"book-short__book_info\">\n                <strong>Publish Date: <\/strong>2009 <strong>Awards: <\/strong>2009 Man Booker Prize\n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"book-short__book_content\">\n                Hilary Mantel&#8217;s acclaimed masterpiece is the first instalment in the Wolf Hall trilogy, tracing the rise of Thomas Cromwell under the cruel and capricious Henry VIII. A shrewd and ambitious self-made man, Cromwell emerges as a powerful force within the&hellip;\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"close\">\n            <button class=\"close-button\" data-close type=\"button\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"book-container\">\n    <div class=\"book\">\n        <a  data-open=\"quick-view-book-wolf-hall\" data-source=\"newsletter\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Hilary-Mantel-Wolf-Hall.webp\" alt=\"Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall\" loading=\"lazy\">\n            <div class=\"overlay\">\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                    <h3>Wolf Hall<\/h3>\n                    <p>by Hilary Mantel<\/p>\n                    <hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t                                                    <div>\n                                <div class=\"more-btn\">Quick View<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal quick-view\" id=\"quick-view-book-david-copperfield\" data-reveal data-close-on-click=\"true\" data-reset-on-close=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"quick-book\">\n\n        <div class=\"book-image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Charles-Dickens-David-Copperfield.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/david-copperfield\/\">\n                <button class=\"read-more-btn\" type=\"button\">Read More<\/button>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"book-short\">\n            <h2>David Copperfield<\/h2>\n            <h3>By Charles Dickens<\/h3>\n\n\n           \n                                     <div class=\"book-short__chosen\">\n                    <span>\n                        Recommended by: Elizabeth Gilbert &#038; Sebastian Faulks\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"book-short__book_info\">\n                <strong>Publish Date: <\/strong>1850\n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"book-short__book_content\">\n                Deemed by Dickens as his &#8216;favourite child&#8217;, David Copperfield is the most autobiographical of Dickens&#8217; novels. In it, the protagonist recounts his life from his childhood to the discovery of his writing talent and eventual success as a novelist. Populated&hellip;\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"close\">\n            <button class=\"close-button\" data-close type=\"button\">\n                <span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"book-container\">\n    <div class=\"book\">\n        <a  data-open=\"quick-view-book-david-copperfield\" data-source=\"newsletter\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Charles-Dickens-David-Copperfield.webp\" alt=\"Charles Dickens, David Copperfield\" loading=\"lazy\">\n            <div class=\"overlay\">\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                    <h3>David Copperfield<\/h3>\n                    <p>by Charles Dickens<\/p>\n                    <hr>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t                                                    <div>\n                                <div class=\"more-btn\">Quick View<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"reveal quick-view\" id=\"quick-view-book-jack-aubrey-novels\" data-reveal data-close-on-click=\"true\" data-reset-on-close=\"true\">\n    <div class=\"quick-book\">\n\n        <div class=\"book-image\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Patrick-OBrian-Jack-Aubrey-Novels.webp\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/books\/jack-aubrey-novels\/\">\n                <button class=\"read-more-btn\" type=\"button\">Read More<\/button>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"book-short\">\n            <h2>Jack Aubrey Novels<\/h2>\n            <h3>By Patrick O&#8217;Brian<\/h3>\n\n\n           \n                                     <div class=\"book-short__chosen\">\n                    <span>\n                        Recommended by: Elizabeth Gilbert\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"book-short__book_info\">\n                <strong>Publish Date: <\/strong>1969 &#8211; 1999\n            <\/div>\n\n            \n            <div class=\"book-short__book_content\">\n                Adventurous and gripping, the Jack Aubrey novels comprise twenty completed volumes and one unfinished set during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship&#8217;s surgeon Stephen Maturin. 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Broom&#8217;s mother bought a shotgun house in New Orleans, it was 1961 and life seemed full of promise. Widowed, Sarah&#8217;s mother remarried, and the house came to host twelve children. 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