Book · recommended on 3 episodes
City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert ISBN 9788556520869
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Elizabeth Gilbert ISBN 9788556520869
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This book by Elizabeth Gilbert has come up 3 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-05-13 and the most recent from 2024-09-26. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
In 1940, nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar College, owing to her lackluster freshman-year performance. Her affluent parents send her to Manhattan to live with her Aunt Peg, who owns a flamboyant, crumbling midtown theater called the Lily Playhouse. There Vivian is introduced to an entire cosmos of unconventional and charismatic characters, from the fun-chasing showgirls to a sexy male actor, a grand-dame actress, a lady-killer writer, and no-nonsense stage manager.
“her latest novel city of girls was named an instant New York Times bestseller a rolicking sexy tale of the New York City Theater World during the 1940s”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Elizabeth Gilbert: Number one New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and the novel City of Girls; writes the Letters From Love substack newsletter. Elizabeth Gilbert on two-way prayer, fierce boundaries, the 'relaxed woman' as revolution, and trading purpose anxiety for presence.
“which together have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide and her latest book city of girls you can find Elizabeth on Twitter”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Elizabeth Gilbert and Jack Kornfield: Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of Girls. Jack Kornfield is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock, one of the key figures who brought mindfulness practice to the West and author of 16 books. A 10th-anniversary super-combo episode pairing Elizabeth Gilbert on grief, intuition, and saying no with Jack Kornfield on meditation and compassion.
“her new book city of girls is a novel set in the New York City theatre world of the 1940s and it hits all sorts of fantastic fun tantalizing stuff”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Elizabeth Gilbert: Number one New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and the novel City of Girls. A former award-winning magazine journalist whose career spans acclaimed fiction and nonfiction. Elizabeth Gilbert on grief, creativity as spiritual practice, trusting bodily intuition, and saying a clean, guilt-free no.
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