You Must Read This Book!

"I'd loved books in my regular, pre-PCT life, but on the trail they'd taken on even deeper meaning. They were the world I could lose myself in when the one I was actually in became too lonely or harsh or difficult to bear." - Cheryl Strayed, from her book Wild, regarding her trek across the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995, shortly after her mother passed away and the dissolution of her short-lived marriage. The hardships she endured, the wildlife and the people she encountered along the way form the basis of the bulk of this book, mixed with bittersweet memories of mom and family. The first pick of Oprah's "2.0" Book Club, this is an emotionally devastating account of a life truly and profoundly lived.