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At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In
the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family
disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made
the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred
miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert,
through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to
do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the
journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a
promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at
her feet. Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and
physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified
her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. Wild is a brutal memoir of
survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its
lowest ebb and at its highest tide.
**THE REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK FOR NOVEMBER 2022** Rich
with humour, insight, compassion - and absolute honesty - Tiny
Beautiful Things is a balm for everything life throws our way,
administered by the author of the New York Times-bestselling
memoir, Wild. For more than a decade, thousands of people have
sought advice from Dear Sugar - the pseudonym of bestselling author
Cheryl Strayed - first through her online column at The Rumpus,
later through her hit podcast Dear Sugars, and now through her
popular Substack newsletter. Tiny Beautiful Things collects the
best of Dear Sugar in one volume, bringing her wisdom to many more
readers. This edition features six new columns and a new preface by
Strayed. Rich with humour, insight, compassion - and absolute
honesty - this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.
A number one New York Times bestseller Oprah's Book Club 2.0
selection Radio Four's 'Book of the Week' The official tie-in
edition to the stunningly raw and powerful film adaptation of the
bestselling memoir, starring Reese Witherspoon. At twenty-six,
Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her
mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her
marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most
impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the
west coast of America and to do it alone. She had no experience of
long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line
on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a
life that lay shattered at her feet...
A Best Book of the Year: NPR, "The Boston Globe," "Entertainment
Weekly, " "Vogue, "St. Louis Dispatch ""
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 impulsive decision of her life. With no
experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike
more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the
Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington
State--and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style,
sparkling with warmth and humor, "Wild" powerfully captures the
terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all
odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately
healed her.
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.
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 impulsive decision of her life: to hike the
Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and
Oregon to Washington State--and to do it alone. She had no
experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more
than "an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise." But it
was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.
Strayed faces down rattlesnakes and black bears, intense heat and
record snowfalls, and both the beauty and loneliness of the trail.
Told with great suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and
humor, "Wild "vividly captures the terrors and pleasures of one
young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that
maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.
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Torch (Paperback, Main)
Cheryl Strayed
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R232
Discovery Miles 2 320
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"Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!" is the advice Teresa Rae Wood
shares with the listeners of her local radio show, Modern Pioneers,
and the advice she strives to live by every day. She has fled a bad
marriage and rebuilt a life with her children, Claire and Joshua,
and their caring stepfather, Bruce. Their love for each other binds
them as a family through the daily struggles of making ends meet.
But when they received unexpected news that Teresa, only 38, is
dying of cancer, their lives all begin to unravel and drift apart.
Strayed's intimate portraits of these fully human characters in a
time of crisis show the varying truths of grief, forgiveness, and
the beautiful terrors of learning how to keep living.
Now in paperback, this witty, irreverent narrative explores what we
can learn from the extraordinary legacies of 30 iconic women--from
Frida Kahlo and Liz Taylor to Nora Ephron and Lena Dunham--who
forged their own unique paths in the world. Smart, sassy, and
unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is an
ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history.
Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco
Chanel) spotlights a group of spirited rule breakers who charted
their way with little regard for expectations: Amelia Earhart,
Helen Gurley Brown, Carrie Fisher, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler,
and Shonda Rhimes, among others. Their lives--imperfect, elegant,
messy, glorious--provide inspiration and instruction for the new
age of feminism we have entered. Karbo distills these lessons with
empathy and humor, examining the universal themes that connect us
to these mesmerizing personalities today: success and style, love
and authenticity, daring and courage. Being "difficult," Karbo
reveals, might not make life easier. But it can make it more
fulfilling--whatever that means for you.
Designated as one of the first two national scenic trails in 1968,
the Pacific Crest Trail is a continuous footpath of more than 2,650
miles from the Mexican border to the Canadian border through
California, Oregon, and Washington. Hikers from all over the world
are drawn to this trail to experience true American wilderness and
to challenge them- selves whether for two miles or two thousand.
The only illustrated book officially published with the Pacific
Crest Trail Association, The Pacific Crest Trail explores this
legendary footpath with more than 250 spectacular contemporary
images, unpublished historical photos and documents from the PCTA
archives, and even the official trail map folded into an inside
pocket. This book is perfect for anyone interested in conservation,
outdoor recreation, and for all those who dream of one day becoming
thru-hikers themselves.
From Amelia Earhart to Carrie Fisher, this witty narrative explores
what we can learn from the imperfect and extraordinary legacies of
29 iconic women who forged their own unique paths. Smart, sassy,
and unapologetically feminine, this elegantly illustrated book is
an ode to the bold and charismatic women of modern history.
Best-selling author Karen Karbo (The Gospel According to Coco
Chanel) spotlights the spirited rule breakers who charted their way
with little regard for expectations: Frida Kahlo, Nora Ephron,
Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, Shonda Rhimes, Elizabeth Taylor, and
Helen Gurley Brown, among others. Their lives--imperfect, elegant,
messy, glorious--provide inspiration and instruction for the new
age of feminism we have entered. Karbo distills these lessons with
wit and humor, examining the universal themes that connect us to
each of these mesmerizing personalities today: success and style,
love and authenticity, daring and courage.
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Salvaje (Spanish, Paperback)
Cheryl Strayed; Translated by Isabel Ferrer, Carlos Milla
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R687
Discovery Miles 6 870
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