"To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous."
Elizabeth Gilbert
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This woman cried tears of joy after she received a cochlear implant and was able to hear. However, her day became even more joyous when her boyfriend got down on one knee and asked her to marry him.
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ABOUT ELIZABETH GILBERT
Elizabeth Gilbert was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1969, and grew up on a small family Christmas tree farm. She attended New York University, where she studied political science by day and worked on her short stories by night. After college, she spent several years traveling around the country, working in bars, diners and ranches, collecting experiences to transform into fiction. Elizabeth is best known, however for her 2006 memoir Eat Pray Love, which chronicled her journey alone around the world, looking for solace after a difficult divorce. The book was an international bestseller, translated into over thirty languages, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide. In 2010, Eat Pray Love was made into a film starring Julia Roberts. The book became so popular that Time Magazine named Elizabeth as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.