Wild: by Cheryl Strayed: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

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23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 29, 2015

Reviews

[Delma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book and movie!! How often can you say both the book and the movie were equally good? It’s An Oprah book club selection too. Oprah is like the Universe she doesn’t mess around. The Universe and Oprah taking whatever they want. I picture Oprah hiring people to do nothing but read books for her. If you find her a great one you get a fabulous vacation or a new car. It’s only money after all. A great book is priceless. This book is about Cheryl Stayed who following the death of her mother, goes WILD. She throws away her marriage and ends up a druggie having sex with pretty much anyone who asks. Yeah, that’s LOW.

To find the person she used to be, Cheryl decides to hike ALONE the Pacific Crest Trail or PCT. The PCT runs from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State. On the trail Cheryl comes to terms with devastating loss and her unpredictable reactions to it.

Wild vividly describes the grueling life of the long-distance hiker. Look out Bigfoot here comes Cheryl ready for some redemption

[N. Moss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it. Liked Tiny Beautiful Things even better. This is written about a young woman who, upon reflection, has learned and grown and healed a great deal. Tiny Beautiful Things, on the other hand, is written by the grown up, who has seen everyone fail, including herself, who has raged and been raged at, who is empty of judgment and trying just to drag the rest of us out of the cave and into the sunlight.

[L Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. If I were younger I would now desperately wish to hike all or part of the Pacific Crest Trail, which spans from Mexico to Canada along the crests of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Cascades, etc. Sadly, I had no idea this trail even existed before reading the book, despite living in California. It sounds like a wonderful resource/natural experience - but not an easy one. Kudos to anyone who has backpacked it!

[Betty McMahon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read. Say, this would make a good movie!

[Gary Briggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little slow to get into but once in I was on every step of her journey with her! Loved it!

[Maaike Soenens · Rating 3 out of 5]

prachtig verhaal over een jonge vrouw die solo een voettocht maakt langs de PCT [ pacific cooast trail] in Amerika. Op die manier probeert ze haar leven weer op de rails te krijgen na een moeizame jeugd en een gebroken huwelijk.
De tocht voert door woestijngebied en gebergten waarbij de inspanningen het uiterste van haar vergt. desondanks geniet ze van de schoonheid van de natuur momenten van eenzaamheid, verdriet en wanhoop maakt dat ze vooral mentaal gesterkt wordt om de ontberingen te overwinnen.
Een dergelijke zware tocht solo ondernemen dwingt respect en waardering af
Het heeft haar gesterkt haar leven weer met vol overtuiging op te pakken.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read the paperback by Vintage books. A division of Random House. Loved the book. Envy people who can hike the Pacific Costal Trail with a monster backpack. I too lost my mother about 15 months ago at age 95– not like Cheryl Strayed at age 24 ? Or suffered thru a terrible Father wanting to harm her. Still don’t understand her motivation to hike PCT with Too small REI boots and carrying books. Her desire to shun company and driven by her strengthens.

[Annette Gagliardi]

This was a pretty interesting book, despite some mixed reviews. I think walking in the woods over that many miles - with the painful feet and toenails falling off - well, she's stronger than I am.

[Roxanne Cheely Squire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book. I back-packed thru Australia at age 28, and this book had me hooked!

[Geronima · Rating 4 out of 5]

A memoir Inspiring Makes me want to do the Apalachia one :)

[DDerv Ccoughlan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quiet original book on the journey of one girl after overcoming hardships in life, goes into the wilderness to find and rescue herself.

[Romy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all-time favorite books. Gritty tough and sometimes cringy but such a thorough account of a journey that this young woman went through.

[Margaret Wichorek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written memoir of a woman's struggle to find a new life. After her mother's death from cancer, Ms. Strayed literally went to pieces. She left her husband, began living recklessly and taking drugs, In a store she picks up a book about the Sierra Trail in CA. It intrigues her and she decides to change her life, beginning with hiking this trail. Having never done any hiking before, she makes a lot of mistakes, but does fight her way through, This is really a rather harrowing story-she has set backs, but perseveres to the end of the trail in Oregon. She also meets many interesting people along the way. After she finishes, she has a new outlook on life and is really transformed. I enjoyed the book and also the film.

[Yoka Eisen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read! Easy read. Quite the feat! Makes me want to go hike the PCT! Is one ever too old (68) to do that? :))

[Mary Hauer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful. Loved the movie too and enjoyed "seeing" it again as I read.