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(0)Cheryl Strayed
Author
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
In the wake of her mother's death, Cheryl Strayed's family scattered and her marriage was destroyed. Four years later, twenty-six years old with nothing to lose, Cheryl made the decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert to Washington State - alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker and the trail was little more than an idea. But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tiny Beautiful Things collects the best of Dear Sugar in one volume, bringing her wisdom to many more readers. This tenth-anniversary edition features six new columns and a new preface by Strayed. Rich with humor, insight, compassion-and absolute honesty-this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.
For more than a decade, thousands of people have sought advice from Dear Sugarthe pseudonym of bestselling author Cheryl Strayedfirst through...
3) Torch
Author
Language
English
Description
Teresa Rae Wood is a local celebrity in the town of Midden, Minnesota. Her popular radio show, Modern Pioneers!, a kind of hippie Prairie Home Companion, is an eternal embarrassment to her two children, Claire and Josh, and a source of amused pride to her common-law husband, Bruce. When Teresa summons Claire and Josh home unexpectedly, they are floored by her news: Teresa, only thirty-eight, is dying of cancer. In a few weeks, she is gone. Now the...
Author
Series
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
12 books (xi, 353 pages ; 21 cm.), in a cloth bag ; 38 x 46 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can't pay the bills. And it can be great: you've had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar--the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild--is the person thousands turn to for advice. [This book] brings the best of Dear Sugar together in...
5) Wild
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and the destruction of her marriage, Cheryl Strayed makes a rash decision. Haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi and with absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail all on her own.
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xi, 353 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tiny Beautiful Things" brings the best of Cheryl Strayed's published and never-before-published online columns in one place and includes a new introduction by Steve Almond.
Life can be hard, life can be great. For years, the anonymous author of Dear Sugar was the one to turn to for advice. Now, the best of Cheryl Strayed's online columns are collected in one place for you to enjoy-- and learn from.
8) Brave enough
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xv, 135 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the best-selling author of Wild, a collection of quotes--drawn from the wide range of her writings--that capture her wisdom, courage, and outspoken humor, presented in a gift-sized package that's as irresistible to give as it is to receive. Around the world, thousands of people have found inspiration in the words of Cheryl Strayed, who in her three prior books and in her "Dear Sugar" columns has shared the twists and trials of her remarkable...
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 248 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, there was shock, outrage, and, for some, satisfaction. When 53 percent of white women voted for Donald Trump and 94 percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton, how can women unite as a political class in Trump's America? The misogyny, racism, and xenophobia that were features of the campaign have long been a part of American life, but many people are just now waking up to them. Can the 'nasty'...