Final book of the summer

Book update #10: Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert-This book is kind of a sequel to Gilbert's best seller Eat Pray Love. It follows the story of Gilbert and her boyfriend, Felipe, whom she met in Bali in the Love section of Eat Pray Love. They are happily living together in the USA (committed with no intention of getting married) when Felipe gets detained at an air port and is deported. The book focuses on their journey to coming to terms with the fact that they will have to marry if they want to live in the USA. It takes 10 months and lots of paper work to get the fiance visa, during that time they travel around Asia living as cheaply as possible (this is before Eat Pray Love became a resounding success). Gilbert takes this time to learn as much as she can about marriage: reading books, talking with friends, asking the locals she meets in Southeast Asia. It was a good book, but slow at times. I'm interested in the topic of marriage and it was neat to see her look at it from so many perspectives. *** out of *****