Bringing authors to library communities across the metropolitan area. Elizabeth Gilbert, the best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love, will launch the 2011 Club Book season on February 11th at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.
Club Book brings best-selling and award-winning national and regional authors to library communities throughout the metropolitan region. All events are free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first served. Doors open 45 minutes in advance of programs and books will be available for sale.
Club Book presents Elizabeth Gilbert hosted by the Dakota County Library
Friday, February 11, 7 PM
Burnsville Performing Arts Center
12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville
Hosted by the Dakota County Library
Elizabeth Gilbert is best known for her 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love, an international bestseller, translated into over thirty languages with over 7 million copies sold worldwide and a movie version starring Julia Roberts. Her other celebrated works include Stern Men, The Last American Man, and Pilgrims. Her newest work, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, interweaves a history of marriage across centuries and cultures with a more personal account of her attempts to come to terms with her own impending marriage. (The paperback edition of Committed releases February 1, 2011)
“An engaging, intelligent, and highly entertaining memoir." – Time
"Gilbert’s prose is fueled by a mix of intelligence, wit and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible." - The New York Times Book Review
“This insightful, funny account of her travels reads like a mix of Susan Orlean and Frances Mayes." - Entertainment Weekly
For more information about the series, visit the dedicated website (www.clubbook.org) or call 952-847-8107.
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