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I had seen that friends had read and loved this book, but I resisted it. I didn't really need an advice book. It seemed like a book to read when you were having Hard Times, and I'm not having Hard Times. But I read Strayed's Wild and liked it, and it was available as an eBook from the public library, so finally I picked it up. And it is SO good. This is not a book for Hard Times, it is a book for Life. Strayed's writing is beautiful and compassionate and true. I'm seriously considering buying a
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I loved this book, even with the pet names (which as a rule, I find abhorrent in writing). The advice was strong and eloquent and it had the heft of someone who has lived a lot of life. I'm really grateful I read this.
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This is what I wish the writing in Wild were like. This book is a compilation of letters and responses from an advice column that Strayed wrote under the pseudonym Sugar. I read this here and there while I was reading other books, and I think that may be the best way to do it. I think it would probably be too much to go straight through. She picks letters that, at once, break your heart but are relatable to the human experience. I was often moved by the letters themselves and her responses to th
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I found this book frustrating. I usually love advice columns but this was mostly Sugar responding to letters by calling people annoyingly cute endearments (if I read 'sweet pea' one more time I was going to scream) and then telling stories of her own life and how it was much worse than the questioner's situation. I read the whole thing but the pattern just kept repeating.
"The Ghost Ship That Didn't Carry Us", though, moved me to tears.
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"The Ghost Ship That Didn't Carry Us", though, moved me to tears.
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Sugar gets it. And completely speaks to me. She answers questions by including personal stories and definitely sees common issues differently than most people. I appreciate her perspective and enjoyed reading this.
Read it. Now.
This is one of the few books I've read in the past few years that I have a strong desire to physically own. I know I will return to it many times in the years to come. ...more
This is one of the few books I've read in the past few years that I have a strong desire to physically own. I know I will return to it many times in the years to come. ...more
This book is a must read. I think I enjoyed it even more than Wild, though obviously in a different way. If life came with a handbook this would be it. No matter what you're going through in your life at a given time, you will find something to relate to, wisdom, thoughtful consideration, perspective. I anticipate this will be a book I come back to again and again and is going on my "books to get you through life" list with Anne Lamott.
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I *loved* this book and Cheryl Strayed's advice, which is in the service of helping us to understand ourselves better and listen to what it is that we want on the inside. This is particularly necessary just now.
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Beautiful advice beautifully written. Cheryl Strayed speaks my language. Don't read on the bus/plane/train if you're an emotional human being.
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I love this book, and Dear Sugar...
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