Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is the 2012 memoir by the American writer, author, and podcaster Cheryl Strayed. The memoir describes Strayed's 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 as a journey of self-discovery. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0.
The film adaptation was released in December 2014 and stars Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed.
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Cheryl has grown up safe in the knowledge of her mother's unconditional love, so when she loses Bobbi, she feels deeply wounded. As her marriage to Paul crumbles, Cheryl also has to accept that it is possible for two people to love one another...
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The novel's main conflict is a direct result of Strayed's loss of her mother to cancer. Her inability to cope with this loss causes her to emotionally fall into a deep depression and physically become dependent upon drugs. Four years later,...
