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Wild from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.

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Main Author: Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Strayed, Cheryl, > 1968- > Travel > Pacific Crest Trail.
Authors, American > 21st century > Biography.
Pacific Crest Trail > Description and travel.
Memoirs.
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Summary:A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.
Physical Description:315 p. : map ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780307592736 (alk. paper)
0307592731 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:Cheryl Strayed, née Nyland, was born on September 17, 1968 in Spangler, Pennsylvania. She is an American memoirist, novelist and essayist. Her second book, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail was published in the United States on March 20, 2012, and has been translated into more than thirty languages. It is an Oprah Book Club 2.0 choice, made the New York Times Bestseller list and was optioned for film rights by Reese Witherspoon even before it was published. The film is scheduled to be released in 2014.

Strayed's first book, the novel Torch, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in February 2006. She attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree, graduating magna cum laude with a double major in English and Women's Studies. A long-time feminist activist, Strayed served on the first board of directors for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.

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