All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation

 
　　伊莉莎白．吉兒伯特和芮雅在2000年相遇。她們先是成為朋友、進而成為摯友，最終變得密不可分。
 
　　芮雅喜歡以紐約地圖比喻交友圈。她的理論是，從第五大道開始，往東河的方向，能在不同道路上陪伴你前進的，分別是點頭之交、好友、摯友，幸運的話，你此生還能找到一位了解並接受你的全部，能夠一路陪伴你走到東河的特別存在。對吉兒伯特和芮雅而言，對方正是自己的那位幸運唯一。
 
　　當芮雅罹癌的悲劇驟臨，兩人成為愛侶。然而死亡將至所帶來的恐懼與痛苦，使得芮雅在各種藥物之中尋求安慰，她們因此成為一對癮頭纏身的戀人，向著毀滅的結局前進。
 
　　兩人開始以「那條河」稱呼芮雅的人生終點。然而陪伴芮雅走向河流的路上，正如同從第五大道前進東河，越靠近終點，沿途的風景越混亂、危險......。
 
　　如果你人生中最美好的愛情故事，轉變成最大的夢魘？如果引領你看清自毀傾向的好友，最後卻成為與你一起不斷重複這些行為的伴侶？如果你最心碎的失去，反而為你打開了一條通往覺醒的道路？
 
　　這是一部令人動容的作品，任何曾經深陷愛情、渴望與執念，希望從中獲得自由的人，都能在這部回憶錄中找到共鳴。(文/博客來編譯)

＂A blockbuster: brutally honest, lurid, transcendent, and compelling...Gilbert is undoubtedly a force.＂ - Boston Globe

In her first nonfiction book in a decade, the #1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free.

In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Rayya. They became friends, then best friends, then inseparable. When tragedy entered their lives, the truth was finally laid bare: The two were in love. They were also a pair of addicts, on a collision course toward catastrophe.

What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening?

All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love--or to any other passion, substance, or craving - and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.

Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and several other internationally bestselling books, including the novels City of Girls and The Signature of All Things. She has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the PEN/Hemingway Award.