London
(ANI):
Lovelorn
single
women
have
flooded
the
tiny
ice
cream
shop
in
Italy
in
homage
to
a
best-selling
book
which
captured
the
quest
for
self-discovery
and
has
now
been
turned
into
a
film
starring
Julia
Roberts.
The
Gelateria
di
San
Crispino
has
been
flooded
with
woman
having
copies
of
'Eat,
Pray,
Love'
by
an
American
author,
Elizabeth
Gilbert,
which
is
based
on
the
true
story
of
a
year
she
spent
traveling
in
Italy,
Indonesia
and
India
trying
to
recover
from
a
bruising
divorce,
a
rebound
romance
and
a
bout
of
depression.
The
book,
which
was
published
in
2006,
has
been
made
into
a
film
starring
Roberts
and
the
Spanish
actor
Javier
Bardem.
"I
just
got
to
the
part
in
Rome,
so
I'm
trying
to
follow
in
her
footsteps," the
Telegraph
quoted
an
Australian
tourist,
Zoe
Moran,
as
saying.
"We've
had
lots
of
foreign
women
coming
in
after
having
read
the
book,
or
even
with
it
in
their
hands,"
said
Pasquale
Alongi,
who
owns
the
gelateria
with
his
brother
Giuseppe.
Julia
Roberts
came
here
last
year
during
filming.
She
was
as
cultured
as
she
was
beautiful,"
added
Alongi.
The
travel
industry
is
now
hoping
to
cash
in
on
the
runaway
success
of
the
book,
with
hotels
and
travel
firms
offering
tours
ranging
from
do-it-yourself
itineraries
to
12,000
pounds
luxury
trips.
The
movie
would
be
released
in
American
cinemas
on
Aug
13
and
in
Britain
on
Sept
24.