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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

Cheryl Strayed

Start date: January 1, 2017

Finish date: January 31, 2017

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Jun 01, 2013 Ms. B rated it really liked it

Shelves: biography-memoir, adult, broads, 2013

Loved this book! Similar to Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. Except it's the Pacific Coastal Trail instead of the Applachian Trail. The narrator is female instead of male. And it's more serious in tone than A Walk in the Woods.
As someone who in her late 20s went on a bicycle tour of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park area as a single female with minimal training, I felt I could relate to Cheryl's highs and lows of traveling alone. The exhilaration, the fear of unknown, perseverance ...more

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Sep 12, 2014 Brandy rated it it was amazing

I started this month's ago put it down then really started reading recently. I thought it was well written, I felt like her start was very inspiring, and this book took me in an emotional rollercoaster, I would recommend for anyone to read, very empowering. ...more

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May 13, 2015 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: travel, biography, non-fiction, adventure-and-expedition

I loved this book! Cheryl Strayed manages to take you with her on both her journeys, physical and emotional. She relays her struggles with grief and on the trail without self pity. An inspiring read.

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Feb 10, 2015 Nicole rated it really liked it

Shelves: female-perspective, memoirs, scribd

I found this memoir really engaging and enjoyable. I thought this was going to be about months spent hiking without encountering another soul; I didn’t realise there were stops along the way and other people on the trail (which goes to show how much I know about hiking!). In fact the importance of souls encountered on the trail became touchingly prominent, as did the importance of books and food. The ebb and flow of denial and fulfilment of these things (and many other comforts and pleasures) se ...more

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