The author talks about her memoir – Hollywood’s most feminist film of the year, starring Oscar contender Reese Witherspoon
In the summer of 1995, 26-year-old Cheryl Strayed, carrying a backpack nearly half her weight, embarked on a solo 1,100-mile trek along the Pacific Crest Trail. The PCT stretches across nine mountain ranges, from the California-Mexico border to Canada; Strayed said she was hoping for a transformative experience that would “make me into the woman I knew I could become and turn me back into the girl I’d once been.”
Seventeen years later, Strayed published her memoir Wild, which details her experience of hiking alone for two months, and the poignant life events — the death of her mother and subsequent divorce from her husband of six years — that propelled her journey. The book spent months on and off the New York Times bestseller list and has now been been turned into a movie, produced by and starring Reese Witherspoon – who has been nominated for a best actress Oscar. So far, the film has earned $34m worldwide and has ignited what has been termed the “Wild Effect,” inspiring people to hit the PCT. It has also turned Strayed into a feminist icon.
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In the summer of 1995, 26-year-old Cheryl Strayed, carrying a backpack nearly half her weight, embarked on a solo 1,100-mile trek along the Pacific Crest Trail. The PCT stretches across nine mountain ranges, from the California-Mexico border to Canada; Strayed said she was hoping for a transformative experience that would “make me into the woman I knew I could become and turn me back into the girl I’d once been.”
Seventeen years later, Strayed published her memoir Wild, which details her experience of hiking alone for two months, and the poignant life events — the death of her mother and subsequent divorce from her husband of six years — that propelled her journey. The book spent months on and off the New York Times bestseller list and has now been been turned into a movie, produced by and starring Reese Witherspoon – who has been nominated for a best actress Oscar. So far, the film has earned $34m worldwide and has ignited what has been termed the “Wild Effect,” inspiring people to hit the PCT. It has also turned Strayed into a feminist icon.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 days ago.