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A raw memoir of grief and self-discovery as a young woman hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone after devastating personal loss.
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A raw memoir of grief and self-discovery as a young woman hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone after devastating personal loss.
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NATIONAL BEST SELLER • Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. • 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. A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most...
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Sexual content
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Frank accounts of infidelity and casual sex; threatening sexual encounter on trail
Violence & gore
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Bloody trail injuries; upsetting on-page killing of a dying horse
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity throughout, including f-words
Substance use
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Heroin and other drug use; self-destructive substance abuse after loss
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ themes or characters depicted
Religious content
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Brief passing references; not a focus of the narrative
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Light background notes on gender and solo female travel
Self-harm / suicide
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Mental-health struggles and self-destructive spiral after grief
Abuse & suffering
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Sexual harassment on trail; mother's cancer death; animal suffering
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