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Hey pals —

The Wall Street Journal just ran this quite lovely story about my new book "The Signature of All Things" — which they very nicely call: "The most ambitious and purely imaginative work in her 20-year career". (The "her" in this case being "me". The 20 years, in this case, being something I do not care to consider — has it really been that long????)

Thought you might enjoy it, anyhow, plus a video, as well:

https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323906804579037032990440404.html

(I like it when the dude in the video is like, "Moss, huh…?" That's right, dude: MOSS!)

And if you want to pre-order this ambitious and purely imaginative book written by a grizzled writerly veteran, you may do so right here:

https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/books/the-signature-of-all-things/

HOORAY,
Liz

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Another fun event…COME SEE ME IN FRENCHTOWN THIS SATURDAY!

Hi all!

I just wanted to remind you all of this sweet event. Tomorrow, (Saturday Sept 7), the wonderful big orange Penguin Book Truck will be rolling into my hometown of Frenchtown, NJ for the afternoon. (Here's a photo of me taken this spring, in front of the very truck in question.)

Viking-Penguin is my publisher, and I love the way they've retrofitted this food truck to make it into a cheerful book paradise on wheels — reminds of when the bookmobile used to roll through town when I was a kid. The truck is taking a tour across the USA, and Penguin asked if I wanted them to stop in Frenchtown…HELL YES! (I even got to pick the titles they will be selling that day — all my favorite classics!)

So we've made a celebratory day of it, in conjunction with my wonderful local bookstore (The Book Garden, on Bridge St.) Penguin will also be bringing along their sweet little pushcart (looks like a hot dog stand) which will be parked in front of the bookstore, while the big truck is parked at my store, Two Buttons (www.twobuttons.com)

To celebrate just SOME of the local talent in my town, I've invited my neighbors Rayya Elias (author of "Harley Loco") and John Smith (poet; author of "Even That Indigo") to hang out with me for the afternoon at both Two Buttons and The Book Garden.

It's all SUPER casual, but the general plan is that I'll be at the book truck, at Two Buttons, from 2 – 3 pm, and at the pushcart, at The Book Garden, from 3 – 4.

Here's an article explaining the whole deal:

https://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20130902/NJCARING/309020004/The-Book-Garden-Frenchtown-celebrates-joy-reading-warmth-community

Hope you can come drop by and join us for a sweet afternoon of books and fellowship and small town charm!

🙂

Liz

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ACTIVITY OF THE DAY: HIDDEN BOOKS IN BEAUTIFUL GARDENS!

Hello my pretties!

Just a reminder that TODAY (Friday, September 6) five great American botanical gardens will be hiding early copies of "The Signature of All Things" all across their grounds. If you find one, you are free to take it home…it's yours to keep!

The participating gardens will be: New Jersey Skylands, Fort Worth Botanical Gardens, Coral Gables Botanical Gardens, New York Botanical Gardens and the San Francisco Botanical Gardens.

Since my novel is all about botanical exploration, this just seemed like a wonderful idea to me…and super fun.

So if you live in any of those cities, get yourself to those great gardens today, hunt around in the botanical beauty for copies of my book, and let me know if you find one! (You'll know you're in the right place when you see posters hanging about the gardens like the one I've shown here below.)

Here are links to all the websites and social media pages of the participating gardens, so you can get directions and hours and such:

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San Francisco, CA

https://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SanFranciscoBotanicalGarden
Twitter – https://twitter.com/sfbgs

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New York, NY

https://www.nybg.org/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/NYBotanicalGarden
Twitter – https://twitter.com/NYBG

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Coral Gables, FL

https://www.fairchildgarden.org/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fairchild-Tropical-Botanic-Garden/21557931711
Twitter – https://twitter.com/fairchildgarden

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Fort Worth, TX

https://fwbg.org/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/FortWorthBotanicGarden

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New Jersey – Skylands

https://www.njbg.org/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/SkylandsBotanicalGarden
Twitter – https://twitter.com/NJBGSkylands

HAVE FUN, and THANK YOU to all the wonderful botanical gardens who are participating in this marvelous scavenger hunt!

I LOVE THIS IDEA!

🙂

Liz

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Cody and Kris's friendship Happiness Jars…and a sweet story!

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Liz – thank you for the idea of happiness jars! Your book helped form the foundation of a friendship between my friend Kris and I. We met when she was barely thirty and struggling with her impending divorce. I was twenty-four at the time and in the midst of running away to the mountains for ten months to figure out my own life. With your thoughts between the two of us (as well as 800 miles) we both got through our darkest days, together. This past weekend…in celebration of my 26th birthday, we made our happiness jars together.

Thank you for inspiring and guiding us. We will be seeing you in Chicago at the end of October!

Best,

Cody

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Eat Pray Love and Committed in Croatia! 🙂

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Dear Elisabeth
here your adorable books in Croatia
Eat pray love….
and Committed
unfortunately the others are not translated yet….hope to read your new book soon

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