A young woman reeling from loss hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone, confronting physical hardships and emotional wounds.
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A young woman reeling from loss hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone, confronting physical hardships and emotional wounds.
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A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she'd lost everything when her mother died young of cancer. Her family scattered in their grief, her marriage was soon destroyed, and slowly her life spun out of control. Four years after her mother's death, with nothing more to lose, Strayed made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hik...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Past marriage, affairs, and sexual encounters described in detail
Violence & gore
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Wildlife encounters with bears and rattlesnakes; no graphic violence
Profanity
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Frequent strong language throughout the narrative
Substance use
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Heroin use, drinking, and addiction recovery central to backstory
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Self-destructive behavior after loss; no on-page suicide
Abuse & suffering
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Mother's death from cancer, family breakdown, and personal grief
Other
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