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All the Way to the River

Love, Loss and Liberation

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All the Way to the River

By: Elizabeth Gilbert
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Bloomsbury presents All the Way to the River, written and read by Elizabeth Gilbert.

In her first non-fiction book in a decade, the no. 1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free.

In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: the two were in love. They were also a pair of addicts, on a collision course toward catastrophe.

What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening?

All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love – or to any other passion, substance or craving – and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.©2025 Elizabeth Gilbert (P)2025 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Biographies & Memoirs Grief & Loss Personal Development Women Heartfelt

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Heart-breaking, sometimes harrowing, but with profound honesty, Elizabeth Gilbert asks us to hope. No one who reads this book will ever forget it (Meg Mason)
An absolute masterclass and truth-bomb of a memoir, packed with rawness, courage and poetry. I feel changed by it. The deepest truest manifesto I’ve ever read on recovery, addiction, facing yourself and what it means to belong. I think many people will be shaken awake by this book (Emma Gannon)

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Heartfelt Memoir • Profound Insights • Soothing Voice • Honest Storytelling • Transformative Content • Spiritual Healing

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Such a deep, amazing journey was this listening! It is honest, raw, beautiful and vulnerable...I could easily identify with Elisabeth, because, I think I found myself in unnecessary complex relationships and life situations because of my emotional depandancy so difference between "addicts" and normal people is very fine , and we can learn a lot from reading and listening the truth l8ke th8s one because we can be kinder to ourselves and people in our lives!

Amazing book

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I was really impressed that the author did the reading herself. She has a beautiful soothing voice and conveyed all the emotion very believable. I do like documentaries in all art forms and this was a compelling life story.

First audible book

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I loved every word. I have no experience of addiction, at least not the typical sort, but this was simply soul soothing and such rich wisdom. A precious gift to humanity.

Incredible…no words can describe this book

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Loved the narration by Liz, so raw and beautiful. As someone who has been a caregiver to a cancer patient, I did relate to a lot of the scenarios, especially caregivers fatigue. I remember letting myself go, and not knowing how to ask for help. I cannot wait for the documentary.

Probably the most honest Memoir I have ever read

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I don't think reading it would do the book justice. It felt like an honour to listen to Elizabeth Gilbert in her journey with Rayya and after Rayya. Once again, I have learned so much from her experiences, every chapter had beautiful gold nuggets. Her sharing about sex & love addiction was eye opening! So so SO Worth it!

an INCREDIBLE listen

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