#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER At 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 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. One of the Best
Books of the Year: NPR The Boston Globe Entertainment Weekly Vogue St. Louis Dispatch
