The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Day of The Guardian praised the complex characters, calling 'Alma's journey a universal one, despite anchoring her protagonist's life in a different time and sending her to the furthest corners of the unexplored earth.' Barbara Kingsolver of The New York Times labelled it 'a bracing homage to the many natures of genius and the inevitable progress of ideas, in a world that reveals its best truths to uncommonly patient minds. The reception to the book has been positive. As Alma’s careful studies of moss take her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she starts a spiritual journey which spans the 19th Century. Mari Malcolm -This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The story follows Alma Whittaker, daughter of a botanical explorer, as she comes into her own within the world of plants and science. An earthy, elegant, deeply sensual novel of daring breadth and imagination, The Signature of All Things gives us the cosmos in the life of one woman, in her worlds within worlds. Inspired by the true-life adventures of real. It was originally published in 2013 and longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. It has been a great frustration for fans of Elizabeth Gilberts early fiction to have her turn to memoir for so. The Signature of All Things is Elizabeth Gilberts most ambitious and exploratory book yet, and it was also one of the best reviewed novels of 2013.

The Signature of All Things is a novel by Elizabeth Gilbert. In Elizabeth Gilbert’s sprawling, ambitious, and immensely satisfying new novel, The Signature of All Things, the heroine, Alma Whittaker, is known as a polite botanist in the 19 th.

The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert