Annotation
Another how-I-healed-myself memoir-but consider the source: Strayed is the author of Torch, a lyric yet tough-minded first novel that got some attention, and the story is arresting. Shattered at 26 by her mother's death and the end of her marriage, she did something way out of the realm of her experience-she took a solo 1100-mile hike. Wish I had her guts.
| Genre | NonFiction Adventure --Travel Nature Memoir |
| Topics | Hiking Women Travel Troubled marriages Death of a parent Family relationships Personal narratives |
| Setting | California Oregon Washington Hiking trail |