[stylist] "Eat, Pray, Love"

Sun Aug 22 19:32:13 UTC 2010

Cheryl,

So what did you like about the book?  In what ways could you connect
to the author?  What made you keep reading?  Like I said, I liked the
movie more than the book, partly because I thought Gilbert went on a
bit too long in a lot of places in the book.  As the saying goes,
"Show, don't tell."  I felt as though she told her audience rather
than showed her audience what happened and how she felt.

As far as the diabetes, I can relate very much to your story.  I have
had Type 1 diabetes since I was a kid.  I lost my sight and my kidneys
failed the day my son was born due to extremely high blood pressure
from pre-eclampsia.  I spent a year on dialysis and  had six eye
operations during that time, all failures, causing total blindness.
Since then, I've had two kidney transplants, three heart attacks, two
amputations, two femoral bypasses, and a mild stroke.  But I love my
life and wouldn't change it for anything.  Like you, I live every day
as though there might not be a tomorrow.

Congratulations on the five-year kidney transplant.  I had a huge
party for the five-year anniversary of my first transplant, and my
brother, the donor, drove half way across the country to attend.  He
teaches computer science at Michigan State and wasn't used to my
literary crowd, mostly friends from the writing program at the
University of Iowa.  They asked him questions like, "So which kidney
did you give her?"  He wasn't used to people being so open about
personal issues, to real-life confessions. *smile*

Priscilla

On 8/22/10, cheryl echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com> wrote:
> yes I read the book and saw the movie. I loved the book, there is always
> things left out of the Movie but you get the actual feelings of what the
> writer Elizabeth Gilbert went through.  I myself as being into travel would
> love to go to all of the exotic places, and yes she had the money to do this
> as well. But I put this emphasis in my business when I try and want to get
> blind people to travel.
>
> Even though we cannot see we can have our own eat, smell, touch, hear and
> enjoy things in life.  Life shouldn't be taken for granted, up until
> December 10. 2001 I was a sighted almost healthy person dealing with
> diabetes.  Until that date and found myself legally blind, now almost total
> with only 15 percent vision in one eye.  And was on Dialysis for 4 1/2
> Years.  Tomorrow I will be celebrating the 5th Anniversary of my Kidney
> Transplant, which we in the family of transplant recipients a re-birthday
> and this year, I will be celebrating it without 2 of those special people in
> my family.
>
> My best friend Steven Carroll, who donated his kidney to me will be gone 8
> month this past August 20th, he was going to be 44 years old in May, he was
> May 12th and I was April 13th our birthdays.   He past away in January from
> a fast moving cancer.  And my dear friend from the NFB, who geared me
> towards my way of living in the blind community Mr. Ed Bryant.
>
> So enjoy you own eat, pray, love.  And enjoy everyday of your life.  Because
> you may not be able to do it tomorrow and there is so much out there to
> enjoy.
>
> The biggest compliment you can pay me is to recommend my services!
>
> Cheryl Echevarria
> Independent Travel Consultant
> C10-10646
>
> http://Echevarriatravel.com
> 1-866-580-5574
> skype: angeldn3
>
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> Affiliated as an Independent Contractor with Absolute Cruise and Travel Inc.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Priscilla McKinley" <priscilla.mckinley at gmail.com>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 1:53 PM
> Subject: [stylist] "Eat, Pray, Love"
>
>
>> Did anyone read the memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert and
>> then see the movie starring Julia Roberts?  Did you like the book?
>> What did you think of the movie version?  Did you think the movie
>> accurately represented Gilbert's struggles in her memoir?  So many
>> times, people say the books are better than the movies.  In this case,
>> I would say that the movie was better than the book.  According to
>> some reviews, the book was supposed to be hilarious.  I don't agree.
>> Anyone?
>>
>> Also, if you read the book, what impressed you about the style of her
>> memoir?  Did you like the linear structure?  For those who are memoir
>> writers, what structures have you used that work well?  For anyone,
>> what do you look for when reading memoirs besides the obvious, like
>> changes in the main characters/authors?
>>
>> Finally, what memoirs have you read that impressed you?  Why?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Priscilla
>>
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