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  1. 03-28-2012, 14:29 #1
    tiptoe
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    Default nytimes review: 'Wild' by Cheryl Strayed

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/bo...invention.html

    A woman's account of her PCT hike gets a very favorable review.
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  2. 03-28-2012, 15:05 #2
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    great review indeed. gonna have to get a copy.
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    Sounds like the Anti-Bryson (sorry, a cheap shot, but given the pages of spewage about him in a nearby post I couldn't resist!).
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    I'll read that book,nothing like a "Feel good story"of a crack hoe rising out of the ashes like a bird who found it's wings and owns it.Cool sounds like a good one.True or not!
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  5. 04-02-2012, 10:42 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by rocketsocks View Post
    I'll read that book,nothing like a "Feel good story"of a crack hoe rising out of the ashes like a bird who found it's wings and owns it.Cool sounds like a good one.True or not!
    They are making a movie based on it too.
    Sounds like "Eat, Pray, Love goes Hiking"....

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