It is voice-billowing with energy, precise-that carries Wild. “Dazzlingly beautiful.” - Los Angeles Times “An addictive, gorgeous book that not only entertains, but leaves us the better for having read it.” “Strayed’s language is so vivid, sharp, and compelling that you feel the heat of the desert, the frigid ice of the High Sierra and the breathtaking power of one remarkable woman finding her way-and herself-one brave step at a time.” - People (4 stars) Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain

An incredible journey, both inward and outward.” Riveting.” -Dwight Garner, The New York Times The cumulative welling up I experienced during Wild was partly a response to that too infrequent sight: that of a writer finding her voice, and sustaining it, right in front of your eyes.

Strayed hammers home her hard-won sentences like a box of nails. “This isn’t Cinderella in hiking boots, it’s a woman coming out of heartbreak, darkness and bad decisions with a clear view of where she has been.” - The Seattle Times “One of the most original, heartbreaking and beautiful American memoirs in years.” -Michael Schaub, National Public Radio Oprah Winfrey, on Wild, first selection of her Book Club 2.0 stimulating, thought-provoking, soul-enhancing.” A breathtaking adventure tale and a profound meditation on the nature of grief and survival.

Book called wild at heart