Synopsis
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she 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, and the trail 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 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.
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Review
Completely immersive... A funny and fierce tale --Independent on Sunday
[Cheryl Strayed] is a compelling storyteller... In this hugely entertaining book she takes the redemptive nature of travel a theme as old as literature itself and makes it her own. --Observer
A traveller's tale about the challenges of modern America, the kindness of strangers and the resilience of the human spirit. Above all, a vigorous, colourful, heartening piece of writing. --The Times
A spectacular book... Both a literary and a human triumph. --New York Times
A deeply honest memoir about mother and daughter, solitude and courage, and regaining footing, one step at a time. --Vogue
Clear, honest, and quietly riveting. --Marie Claire
Book Description
'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
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