Committed

In her bestselling memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, author Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the kind of love that she found in her relationship with Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in Indonesia when they met. Resettling in America, the couple swore eternal fidelity to each other but also vowed never to get married. Reason being that they were both survivors of bad divorces. Providence had other plans for them. The U. S government detained Felipe at an American border crossing and gave the couple a choice—either getting married or never again seeing Felipe step on American soil. Having been effectively sentenced to wed, Gilbert tackled her fear of marriage by delving into this topic completely and trying with all her might to discover what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is.