Liz and Felipe are in love, and want to spend the rest of their lives together. They don't particularly want to get married though. But then the Department of Homeland Security gets involved, and they learn that in order for Felipe to live with Liz in the US they will have to be married - but only after the US government decides that it's okay. So Liz has some time to come to terms with the idea of remarrying, and she uses it wisely.
Like EPL, this is a really well-written book about Liz's travels around the world - mostly in Asia - meeting people and talking to them about the the things that concern her, in this case, marriage customs. But unlike EPL, Liz does a bunch of research too, on stuff like the history of marriage. So the book is a nice blend of feelings and facts. I learned, for instance, that the Christian church was totally against marriage at its inception: we were all supposed to commit to Jesus, not to other people, and new Christians came through conversion, not birth. But now marriage is a holy sacrament, and Liz explains how that came to be.
Anyway, this is just a really good book. I'm not saying it's necessarily going to change anyone's mind about marriage, but it might make you think about why we get married, and what kind of relationship we want to have with our spouse. I would recommend it to all Elizabeth Gilbert fans, and to anyone who is engaged to be married.
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I loved EPL, but confess it was the move version. You have enspired me to read both! C.
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