Memoir Nature Travel 1767

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Published in Spanish as Salvaje

Selected to be read on Radio Four's Book of the Week. 'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years...

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What it is

Learning to live after a loss · an adventure with plenty of laughs

What happens in it

Living with grief The long road

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How it's told

Form
Memoir
Structure
Jumps in time
Who tells it
First person

Before you pick it up

Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you want a book that understands loss
  • you don't mind a good cry
  • you like to close a book feeling better

Maybe not if…

  • you prefer a story told in order

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