Strayed, Cheryl

Cheryl Strayed recounts the impact of her mother's death on her life at age twenty-two and chronicles her experiences after she made the impulsive decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert all the way into Washington State.

Cheryl Strayed recounts the impact of her mother's death on her life at age twenty-two and chronicles her experiences after she made the impulsive decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert all the way into Washington State.

A collection of essays by American authors deemed to be the best published in 2012. Features guest editor Cheryl Strayed.

Claire Woods has always admired her mother Teresa's determination, strength, and compassion, and is devastated by Teresa's sudden death, as is Claire's brother Joshua, and as the two struggle to deal with their own grief, they must find a way to keep their mother's memory alive.

Collects the best of Cheryl Strayed's published and never-before-published online columns.

Cheryl Strayed chronicles her 1100-mile solo journey along the Pacific Crest Trail, during which she endured intense heat, record snowfalls, and all manner of dangerous wildlife. Strayed discusses how the journey transformed her and allowed her to overcome hardship plaguing her life.

When radio show host Teresa Rae Wood dies, her common-law husband and children, struggling to keep her memory alive, become isolated in grief just when they need one another the most.

A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.