AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 AN OPRAH WINFREY AND FEARNE COTTON BOOK CLUB PICK ' No
one who reads this book will ever forget it ' Meg Mason ' An absolute masterclass and
truth-bomb . I think many people will be shaken awake by this book ' Emma Gannon In her first
non-fiction book in a decade the no. 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.
