Wild: A Journey From Lost To Found by Cheryl Strayed - Memoir - Non Fiction - Paperback

Details:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781838959548. Publisher: Atlantic Books. Age Range: Adult. Overview:. Wild: A Journey From Lost To Found is Cheryl Strayed's searing, #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of grief, recklessness and redemption. At twenty-six, reeling from her mother's death and the collapse of her marriage, Strayed set off alone to hike over a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail with no experience and nothing to lose. This brand new paperback edition, published by Atlantic Books, is ideal for readers who love raw, honest memoirs of survival, self-discovery and the healing power of the natural world.. About the Book:. When Cheryl Strayed's mother died of cancer, her family disintegrated and her marriage crumbled soon after. With nothing left to lose, she made an impulsive decision: she would walk the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State, solo, with no hiking experience whatsoever. Wild is the story of that journey, told with unflinching honesty, dark humour and striking emotional clarity. Strayed confronts blistered feet, brutal heat, dwindling supplies, wildlife encounters and, above all, the wreckage of her own life, one exhausting mile at a time. What begins as a desperate act of penance becomes something far more profound: a reckoning with grief, addiction, and identity, and ultimately a hard-won path back to herself. Strayed's prose moves fluidly between the physical dema...