#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERAt 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. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest … the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully 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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A great primer to the PCT – and a second act as a person!
I enjoyed the author’s style of writing and choice of words. This is a thought provoking read as Cheryl Strayed reveals her new look at life. She proves to herself that she is a strong capable person and we are transported along with her through extraordinary scenery and dramatic events. I loved this book and look forward to reading more from …
Interesting, but I wanted to dope slap the author for being so woefully unprepared for her trek.
Thought provoking. I have hiked some of this trail, very challenging even for the prepared hiker.
I enjoyed reading of Cheryl’s hike but felt the end was lacking what she had gained from this journey.
A true story of learning to be self sufficient.
A find yourself on an impossible adventure that makes you so strong, it’s not impossible.
A great read. It takes you through her journey of finding where she belongs in life. It really spoke to me, as we tend to lose ourselves going through live instead of living it!
My friends liked this book better than I did. I am a counseling therapist who found the author’s descriptions of her dysfunctional relationships and disturbing cognitive distortions to be tedious at best and tragically grim at other points in time. I was hoping for an inspiring memoir. Instead I found myself feeling depressed and discouraged by …
A big disappointment. Sue me for being male, but where I expected a ripping yarn (or at least a travelogue) that would afford me the vicarious experience of a hike I’ll probably never get to take, what I got instead was cover-to-cover interior monologue and whinging from a writer who didn’t have the common sense to prepare for or inform herself …
The hiking trail is near me.
WILD Not as exciting as I hoped. I did enjoy reading about Cheryl’s
hiking experience.
More appears to have been written about the Appalachian trail so it was interesting to read about “the other” trail. The author’s chosen name perhaps gives an opening to the background for this brave trek.
Must read. So sad but but she was able to find her way.
I loved this book! And I loved how strong, both mentally and physically, she was on her solo hike along the Pacific Coast Trail. She experienced many adventures, some scary, and lots of hardships on her journey yet always persevered with absolutely no sense of self-pity. Bravo for her! All women could learn from her.
This was an original and engaging approach to starting over and taking ownership of your future.
She is a very annoying, self-centered idiot. It was a struggle to finish
I very seldom read nonfiction but loved this book.
I love this book, such a great adventure by someone whose actually done it and lived to tell about it. 😉
Saw the movie – wanted to compare the book – good not great – book leaves more to the imagination – other than her inspiration, she was totally unprepared to make this hike – she was very lucky not to be injured or got sick or worse.