A great read
Getting a Kindle for Christmas has really changed things for us. Now we find ourselves reading books for pleasure -- whole books, books that have nothing to do with work, that have nothing to do with this blog. Even books that are printed on paper.
Here's one we just ate up, in hard copy -- Wild, by Portlander Cheryl Strayed. It's the true story of a young Strayed's long-distance backpacking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail 17 years ago -- from the Mojave to the Bridge of the Gods. Haunted by the recent losses of her mother and her marriage, Strayed takes many painful steps along the famed path before arriving, a different person, in Cascade Locks.
The reviews said it was spectacular, and they were right. Maybe it was because we read it in summer, or because we recalled our own cathartic West Coast trip, taken when we were that age. But for whatever reason, once we started reading this book, we never let it get too far out of reach. We were sad to see the end of Strayed's trail.
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Comments (7)
She did?
Posted by Allan L. | July 16, 2012 6:32 AM
See also Cheryl as Dear Sugar and her new book Tiny Beautiful Things.
Posted by Jason Renaud | July 16, 2012 9:29 AM
I just added it to my kindle...going to read it this week.
Posted by OregonOak | July 16, 2012 11:47 AM
She did?
Not to spoil the story, but yes, she did.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 17, 2012 12:17 AM
Finished it last night. Loved it! Highly recommended.
Posted by George | July 17, 2012 1:44 PM
Wow! I love this book:
"He hadn’t loved me well in the end, but he’d loved me well when it mattered."
Strayed, Cheryl (2012-03-20). Wild (From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail) (p. 304). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
Posted by Molly | July 17, 2012 8:17 PM
It's full of those. I wouldn't pay $500 to have lunch with Barack Obama, but I might pay it to have lunch with Cheryl Strayed.
Posted by Jack Bog | July 17, 2012 8:35 PM