Wild
by Cheryl Strayed
At twenty-six, after her mother's death, a divorce and heroin, Strayed hikes eleven hundred miles of the Pacific Crest Trail alone with no experience and a pack she cannot lift. It is a story of grief walked out through the body, told with humor and candor. The walk did not fix her; it let her carry it.
Read it if…
you are wrecked and suspect that something physical and hard might help.
Skip it if…
you want a hiking guide; she is a terrible example of preparation.
Three things you will actually use
- The body can carry what the mind cannot process.
- You do not have to be ready; you have to start.
- Grief is walked, not solved.
Do this first
Walk farther than is comfortable this weekend, alone, and see what surfaces.
Our verdict
Candid and cathartic.
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