She was born in Aleppo, Syria and moved to Michigan with her family when she was eight years old. She wrote a follow up to the memoir in 2010, titled Committed, which is about her decision to marry Nunes after becoming a skeptic about marriage.Įlias was the author of Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side.
In 1997, Gilbert wrote an essay about her time working as a bartender in New York City which was used as the inspiration for the film Coyote Ugly, starring Piper Perabo. That wasn't the first time that Gilbert's work has been turned into a film though.
In 2010, the book was turned into a movie starring Julia Roberts. The book was an incredible hit, spending more than 200 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, and selling more than 10 million copies worldwide. Gilbert's 2006 memoir 'Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across, Italy, India and Indonesia' chronicles her year of travel after divorcing her first husband. Gilbert's essay about working as a New York City bartender was the inspiration for the film Coyote Ugly
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