<P> Eat , Pray , Love : One Woman 's Search for Everything Across Italy , India and Indonesia is a 2006 memoir by American author Elizabeth Gilbert . The memoir chronicles the author 's trip around the world after her divorce and what she discovered during her travels . The book remained on The New York Times Best Seller list for 187 weeks . The movie rights for the memoir were purchased by Columbia Pictures . The film version , which stars Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem , was released in theaters on August 13 , 2010 . </P>
what is the book eat pray love about
the author 's trip around the world after her divorce and what she discovered during her travels