But it also left me in a really tricky position moving forward as an author trying to figure out how in the world I was ever going to write a book again that would ever please anybody, because I knew well in advance that all of those people who had adored "Eat, Pray, Love" were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it wasn't going to be "Eat, Pray, Love," and all of those people who had hated "Eat, Pray, Love" were going to be incredibly disappointed in whatever I wrote next because it would provide evidence that I still lived.
Mas também me deixou numa posição difícil para avançar como autora, tentando entender como diabos eu escreveria outro livro que agradasse alguém, porque eu sabia com grande antecedência que todo mundo que tinha adorado "Comer, Rezar, Amar" ficaria extremamente decepcionado com qualquer coisa  que eu escrevesse depois, porque não seria "Comer, Rezar, Amar", e todo mundo que tinha odiado "Comer, Rezar, Amar" ficaria extremamente decepcionado com qualquer coisa  que eu escrevesse depois porque seria evidência de que ainda estou viva.