_The Signature of All Things_ by Elizabeth Gilbert
Just a couple more books to go before I am just about caught up on past readings. I have been working my way through some more books (more yoga) recently, but want to be sure to get the final books from the past year updated here.
The author of _Eat Pray Love_, which I read in 2010 and wrote about has not written that many books. After I finished this book that won a lot of fame and attention, I read her next book _Committed_, which got less attention, but I also enjoyed.
Therefore, when I saw this title come up a while back and that it was a piece of fiction, I wanted to give it a go. I cannot remember how it was received initially, but I must say that I did enjoy this read. Even though it has been a while since I read it, I can remember the storyline enough to remain fascinated by the scientific world of ants and moss. Her strong female character who dives into the ‘man’s world’ in an age when women should have been different remains a poignant theme in our time now. The heroine’s struggle with love and dedication to her ‘career’ is also a familiar dilemma these days. Gilbert writes an engaging story that intertwines current themes with a past time period for a modern, intelligent woman. Thus, I recommend it as a read – in fact, it reminds me a lot of reading _Greenlanders_ by Jane Smiley or Barbara Kingsolver’s _Prodigal Summer_, both also fascinating reads. ๐
I recently saw that Gilbert has a new non-fiction book out that I may have to put on my winter reading list. ๐
~T ๐
