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    Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found
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    Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

    By Cheryl Strayed

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    Selected to be read on Radio Four's Book of the Week.

    'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years... Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' --Nick Hornby

    At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert, through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at her feet.

    Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. Wild is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtlantic Books
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9780857897770
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    Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found
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    Cheryl Strayed

    Cheryl Strayed is an American writer and podcast host. She has written four books: the novel Torch and the nonfiction books Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, Tiny Beautiful Things and Brave Enough.

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    • 5/5
      I fell totally and madly in love with this book. I am a huge fan of Cheryl’s because of the great advice she gives in Dear Sugars, so I knew I would like this book, but Cheryl’s writing and honesty about what she went through made me love her.
    • 5/5
      What a beautiful story. It was one of the best reads I had so far.
    • 5/5
      WILD outlines a young woman’s journey not only on the demanding PCT trekking trail but also on finding peace and understanding of herself. Before this journey she was a lost soul. Her Mom had just died, she was into heroin and sleeping around with whoever presented themselves. Her marriage had fallen apart despite the fact she still loved Paul.
      The reader is taken through the pains and pleasures of the trek through breath taking country which I looked up through Google.
      I heaved a huge sigh of relief wth Cheryl when she reached her goal destination, the Bridge of Gods. A new path lay ahead now.
    • 5/5
      I’ve just finished this book for the second time and found it just as brilliant as the first. I devoured it! Ms Strayed is such a fantastic writer, and her description of the tragically short dying of her mother had me weeping freely (again). She paints wonderfully vivid pictures of both the stunning landscapes of the PCT and also her physical, emotional and spiritual struggles. This is my perfect book.
    • 5/5
      I started reading this book while navigating my own trip of loss and despair, I wish I could hit the trail and find myself, but the way Cheryl describes her journey makes you feel like you’re part of it. This is an amazing book which I’m buying for sure, it makes you fall in love with nature and life itself.
    • 5/5
      Finishing this book was a little like leaving an old friend behind. I'll miss it!
    • 5/5
      First book I’ve eve finished electronically. Wat an incredibly inspiring tale
    • 5/5
      Helped me understand that it's okay to forgive yourself and be unafraid of new challenges.
    • 5/5
      Soul touching...felt at loss when the book finished...just beautiful

    • 5/5
      A beautiful book that had me from the very start to the very end. An immensely inspiring and marvelously well told story about personal hardship and triumph against all odds.
    • 5/5
      All I can say is wow! A must read. Especially good if you can relate to it in some way. I sure can. To many of it. Thank you Cheryl. I will now watch the movie!
    • 3/5
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    • 5/5
      This book really moved and inspired me. A must read.