But it also left me in a really tricky position moving forward as an author trying to figure out how in the world I was ever going to write a book again that would ever please anybody, because I knew well in advance that all of those people who had adored "Eat, Pray, Love" were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it wasn't going to be "Eat, Pray, Love," and all of those people who had hated "Eat, Pray, Love" were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it would provide evidence that I still lived.
اما از طرفی مرا در یک وضعیت واقعاً گول زننده برای ادامه کار به عنوان یک نویسنده قرار داد تا سعی کنم بفهمم چگونه می توانم دوباره یک کتابی بنویسم که حداقل یک نفر را راضی کند، چون از قبل میدانستم که همه افرادی که "بخور، دعا کن، عشق بورز" را ستایش می کردند به شدت از داستانی از چیزی که قرار بود بنویسم نا امید خواهند شد چون قرار نبود این کتاب "بخور، دعا کن، عشق بورز" باشد، و همه افرادی که از "بخور، دعا کن، عشق بورز" متنفر بودند به شدت نا امید خواهند شد از چیزی که قرار بود بنویسم چون می توانست نشان دهد که من هنوز زنده هستم.