Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage)

ABestNonfictionBookof2012:TheBostonGlobe,EntertainmentWeekly.ABestBookoftheYear:NPR,St.LouisDispatch,VogueAttwenty-two,CherylStrayedthoughtshehadlosteverything.Inthewakeofhermother’sdeath,herfamilyscatteredandherownmarriagewassoondestroyed.Fouryearslater,withnothingmoretolose,shemadethemostimpulsivedecisionofherlife.Withnoexperienceortraining,drivenonlybyblindwill,shewouldhikemorethanathousandmilesofthePacificCrestTrailfromtheMojaveDesertthroughCaliforniaandOregontoWashingtonState—andshewoulddoitalone.Toldwithsuspenseandstyle,sparklingwithwarmthandhumor,Wildpowerfullycapturestheterrorsandpleasuresofoneyoungwomanforgingaheadagainstalloddsonajourneythatmaddened,strengthened,andultimatelyhealedher.