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Wild
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an 1100-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe and built her back up again. At 22, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. After her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State - alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than an idea: vague, outlandish, and full of promise. But it was a promise of piecing together a life that had come undone. Strayed faces rattlesnakes and bears, intense heat and record snowfalls, and both the beauty and intense loneliness of the trail.
Wild vividly captures the terrors and pleasures of forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-11-21
inspiring
this book made me realise how little credit we give ourselves , how strong we really are , how others view us is so very different to how we feel. I found it very empowering, food for thought and enjoyable well read book to boot, would recommend. First couple of chapters are aittle dark, but necessary to set the scene so push past them, it gets lighter.
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- David Filce
- 03-09-21
Brilliant book
What can I say.
This is a brilliantly well written and spoken book. A journey within a journey.
Enthralling beginning to end
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- Emily Marbach
- 11-05-15
So Much More Than a Poor Me Memoir
This is a story of how someone had a hard time and healed herself. She grows from a sad child into a positive, giving, caring adult. This story is redemptive. The back and forth style between the fascinating details of the trail and the authors difficult childhood and young adulthood, works so well.
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- aby
- 27-02-19
when you need to find yourself. read this.
awesome story. really enjoyed it. funny, sad and real in every chapter. you wont regret purchasing.
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- Jo Collishaw
- 27-10-19
Fantastic, raw and inspiring
An honest telling of inner demons and one person's journey to find themselves. Absolutly brilliant. Thorourally inspiring
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- Rohit Bhosale
- 30-10-19
wild story and an awesome narrator
I had seen the film long back however after my 20 days road trip from European sophistication to Siberian wilderness pulled me back to this story. I could connect with the story, the surrounding and the characters even more this time.
must mention how cool the narration was to. must say, one of the best ones so far I heard.
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- Elaine Gillies
- 05-02-20
Fantastic Book
I absolutely loved this book. Story and narration absolutely brilliant. Miss being on the PCT with Cheryl already. ☹️
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- Jenny m
- 18-12-19
Amazing book
Completely loved this book ❤️ I was hooked from the start, this girls story is amazing.
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- Rachel Catherine Kenny
- 26-05-21
Much needed inspiration and freedom during lockdow
This book was everything I dreamed it would be and more. The stories, details, adventures, grief. A beautiful sharing of the human experience. Loved it!
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- Steven K Park
- 11-05-21
brilliant
Audio books can quickly become monotonous. They need 2 things 1. A story with enough turns to keep you captivated. 2. A skilled narrator with a beautiful voice. This book has both and kept me captivated from start to finish. Loved it
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