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• #INTO THE WILD BOOK SISTER FULL#

Kevin Sampsell, author of A Common Pornography. It’s a book that many will fall in love with.

#INTO THE WILD BOOK SISTER FULL#

It’s full of revelatory moments that will sometimes crush your heart and sometimes leave you breathlessly inspired. “Wild is the kind of candid vision quest-like memoir that you don’t come across often. “A vivid, touching, and ultimately inspiring account of a life unraveling, and of the journey that put it back together.” - Wall Street Journal “Strayed reminds us of what it means to be fully alive, even in the face of catastrophe, physical and psychic hardship, and loss.” -Mira Bartók, author of The Memory Palace Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted

A beautifully made, utterly realized book.” I snorted with laughter, I wept uncontrollably. She walked the Pacific Crest Trail to find forgiveness, came back with generosity-and now she shares her reward with us. Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer. “A big, brave, break-your-heart-and-put-it-back-together-again kind of book. Strayed has the ineffable gift every writer longs for, of saying exactly what she means in lines that are both succinct and poetic.” - The Washington Post By laying bare a great unspoken truth of adulthood-that many things in life don’t turn out the way you want them to, and that you can and must live through them anyway-Wild feels real in many ways that many books about ‘finding oneself’ do not.” -Melanie Rehak, Slate 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.