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Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage[投入：一个怀疑婚姻的女人与婚姻和解]
- 作者
- 出版社 Penguin
- 出版时间 2010年1月 第1版
- ISBN 9780670021680
- 定价 142.00
内容简介
AttheendofherbestsellingmemoirEat,Pray,Love,ElizabethGilbertfellinlovewithFelipe,aBrazilian-bornmanofAustraliancitizenshipwho'dbeenlivinginIndonesiawhentheymet.ResettlinginAmerica,thecouplesworeeternalfidelitytoeachother,butalsosworetonever,ever,underanycircumstancesgetlegallymarried.(Bothweresurvivorsofpreviousbaddivorces.Enoughsaid.)ButprovidenceintervenedonedayintheformoftheUnitedStatesgovernment,which-afterunexpectedlydetainingFelipeatanAmericanbordercrossing-gavethecoupleachoice:theycouldeithergetmarried,orFelipewouldneverbeallowedtoenterthecountryagain.Havingbeeneffectivelysentencedtowed,Gilberttackledherfearsofmarriagebydelvingintothistopiccompletely,tryingwithallhermighttodiscoverthroughhistoricalresearch,interviews,andmuchpersonalreflectionwhatthisstubbornlyenduringoldinstitutionactuallyis.ToldwithGilbert'strademarkwit,intelligenceandcompassion,Committedattemptsto"turnonallthelights"whenitcomestomatrimony,franklyexaminingquestionsofcompatibility,infatuation,fidelity,familytradition,socialexpectations,divorcerisksandhumblingresponsibilities.Gilbert'smemoirisultimatelyaclear-eyedcelebrationoflovewithallthecomplexityandconsequencethatreallove,intherealworld,actuallyentails.
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