Author reads vulnerable book passage from @nytimes

Name: Author reads vulnerable book passage from @nytimes
Uploaded: 2025-09-23T00:00:37.000Z
Channel: nytimes
Description: The podcast host asks author Elizabeth Gilbert to read a passage from her book. Gilbert reads a raw, vulnerable section detailing her past thoughts of murdering her partner during a period of intense codependency and addiction. After reading, she reflects on that dark time from her current perspective of healing and sobriety, explaining why she shares such a difficult story.

The podcast host asks author Elizabeth Gilbert to read a passage from her book. Gilbert reads a raw, vulnerable section detailing her past thoughts of murdering her partner during a period of intense codependency and addiction. After reading, she reflects on that dark time from her current perspective of healing and sobriety, explaining why she shares such a difficult story.

Creator: @nytimes on Instagram

Transcript

You write, it was July 2017 that I came up with a really good idea for what would save me from the nightmare I was now trapped in with Rhea. Can you keep reading from page two forty? Is that okay? Okay. She has to die now, said my exhausted mind. And suddenly, this seemed like a terrific solution. After all, Reya was dying already anyway, right? I just needed to move the process along before things got even worse, before she set the whole building on fire with a dropped cigarette or got us both

Topics: Psychology, Relationships, Self-Improvement, Entertainment

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