Wild is a memoir by Cheryl Strayed about her 1,100-mile solo hike of the Pacific Crest Trail to overcome personal devastation, including her mother’s death, a crumbling marriage, and a period of drug use. The book interweaves her journey of physical and emotional endurance on the trail with flashbacks to the events that led her to make such an impulsive and life-changing decision. It is a story of grief, healing, and redemption, told with honesty, humor, and poignancy.