Readers of Eat, Pray, Love are asking questions after author Elizabeth Gilbert admitted to being a ‘seduction addict’ in a column she penned for the New York Times. In the column, Gilbert admitted that while married she would seduce a man and while her marriage would be collapsing, she would also be breaking up with the man that was causing her divorce.
Loyal readers of her massive hit book wonder if Gilbert manipulated her memoir for the sake of increasing sales. Similar to a previous show about photos, is it ok to alter events in a memoir? We brought on authors who have written, or are in the process of writing, a memoir to discuss:
- Greg Gerard, author of In Jupiter’s Shadow
- Sonja Livingston, author of Ghostbread
- Jenny Lloyd, former chair of the History department at SUNY Brockport, currently writing memoir
- Elizabeth Osta, author of Jeremiah’s Hunger, currently writing memoir