Wild
by Cheryl Strayed, Isabel Ferrer, Carlos Milla
TravelAmerican AuthorsBiographyDescription and travelSelf-actualization (Psychology) in women
3.9
Open LibraryAbout this book
A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost everything when her mother died young of cancer. Her family scattered in their grief, her marriage was soon destroyed, and slowly her life spun out of control. Four years after her mother's death, with nothing more to lose, Strayed made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker--indeed, she'd never gone backpacking before her first night on the trail. Her trek was little more than “an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise.” But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone. Strayed faces down rattlesnakes and black bears, intense heat and record snowfalls, and both the beauty and intense loneliness of the trail. Told with great suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild vividly captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her. [www.cherylstrayed.com][1] [1]: http://www.cherylstrayed.com/wild_108676.htm
Themes & subjects
TravelAmerican AuthorsBiographyDescription and travelSelf-actualization (Psychology) in womenHiking
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Setting
Pacific Crest TrailUnited States21st century
About the author
Cheryl Strayed
1968
Cheryl Strayed is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Torch, which was a finalist for the Great Lakes Book Award and was selected by The Oregonian as one of the top ten books of 2006 by Pacific Northwest authors. Her stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, The Rumpus, Self, The Missouri Review, and The Sun. Her essays have been included in the Pushcart Prize anthology and twice in The Best American Essays. She is also the author of the forthcoming Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar. She lives in Portland, Oregon. [www.cherylstrayed.com][1] [1]:…
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