Overview

• Oprah Winfrey named All the Way to the River her latest book club selection and released an interview with Gilbert recorded at a Seattle Starbucks.
• Published this week by Bloomsbury, the memoir centers on Gilbert’s relationship with Rayya Elias, who died in 2018.
• Reviews note Gilbert’s admissions about being overwhelmed as a caregiver, including thoughts of killing Elias and herself and her enabling of drug use.
• Coverage highlights Gilbert’s account of channeling Elias’s ghost for authorization to disclose intimate details, prompting questions about consent.
• The book has drawn wide online discussion following an excerpt in The Cut and a New Yorker review by Jia Tolentino.