Oprah Winfrey Elizabeth Gilbert book club.

Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir, “All the Way to the River.” In the book, published this week, Gilbert shares a consuming love affair with a self-destructive, terminally ill woman named Rayya. Gilbert left her husband for Rayya. She continues her history of transformation since her million-selling phenomenon, “Eat, Pray, Love.” Winfrey praised the memoir as powerful and healing. Last week, New York magazine published an excerpt. And The New Yorker reviewed it, sparking online discussion. Gilbert expressed surprise and honor at receiving Winfrey’s endorsement, calling it an extraordinary moment.