Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, settled in a large house with a .husband who wants to start a family. But she doesn't want any of .it. /Vbitter divorce and a rebound fling later, Elizabeth emerges .battered yet determined to find what she's been missing. .So Begins her quest. In Rome, she indulges herself and gains .nearly two stone. In India, she finds enlightenment through .scrubbing temple floors. Finally, in Balj, a toothless medicine man .reveals a new path to peace, leaving her ready to love again.