Elizabeth Gilbert sat on a park bench in the middle of New York City and began to plan a murder.

Not a fictional death to place in one of her million-selling books. Not a figurative one, a slaying of some sort of dragons from her past.

No, Gilbert was plotting an actual crime. On that day, in the Summer of 2017, she knew, with certainty, that she had to kill her lover . Her best friend, her person, her closest darling. Liz Gilbert needed to murder Rayya Elias because their life together had become unbearable.

And the other thing was: Rayya was already dying.

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If you're familiar with Elizabeth Gilbert's story, with the remarkable life that has unfurled since she became a household name, played b

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