Cheryl Strayed
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Cheryl Strayed

Self Development | Bios & Memoirs | Fiction

Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir WILD, the bestselling advice essay collection TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, the novel TORCH, and the quotes collection, BRAVE ENOUGH. Her books have been translated into forty languages around the world. WILD was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0. The Oscar-nominated movie adaptation of WILD stars Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl and Laura Dern as Cheryl's mother, Bobbi. The film was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, with a screenplay by Nick Hornby. Strayed's essays have been published in The Best American Essays, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, Salon, The Sun, Tin House, and elsewhere. Strayed is the co-host, along with Steve Almond, of the WBUR podcast Dear Sugar Radio, which originated with her popular Dear Sugar advice column on The Rumpus. Strayed holds an MFA in fiction writing from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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Best Sellers

    • Wild

    • From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
    • By: Cheryl Strayed
    • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 18,297
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,038
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 16,094

    A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe - and built her back up again....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Glad I Took the Trip

    • By FanB14 on 04-08-13

    • Wild

    • From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
    • By: Cheryl Strayed
    • Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
    • Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 03-20-12
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18,297 ratings

    Regular price: $24.95

    Free with 30-day Trial

    • Tiny Beautiful Things

    • Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
    • By: Cheryl Strayed
    • Narrated by: Cheryl Strayed, Steve Almond (intro)
    • Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4.5 out of 5 stars 2,128
    • Performance
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,908
    • Story
      4.5 out of 5 stars 1,901

    Tiny Beautiful Things gathers the best of "Dear Sugar" in one place and includes never-before-published columns....

    • 5 out of 5 stars

    • Wise, wonderful, and beautifully written

    • By NMwritergal on 04-20-18

    Regular price: $28.00

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    • Torch

    • By: Cheryl Strayed
    • Narrated by: Cheryl Strayed
    • Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      4 out of 5 stars 163
    • Performance
      4 out of 5 stars 148
    • Story
      4 out of 5 stars 149

    In her debut novel, Torch, best-selling author Cheryl Strayed weaves a searing and luminous tale of a family's grief after unexpected loss....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Don't Listen to the Intro

    • By Heather Humble on 02-08-17

    Regular price: $33.60

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    • Der große Trip zu dir selbst

    • Ungeschminkter Rat für die Liebe, das Leben und andere Katastrophen
    • By: Cheryl Strayed
    • Narrated by: Manja Doering, Tania Freitag, Carsten Knobloch
    • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      0 out of 5 stars 0
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      0 out of 5 stars 0
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    Cheryl Strayed begeisterte Millionen Menschen mit ihrem Weltbestseller "Der große Trip". Doch wir brauchen uns nicht in die Wildnis zu begeben...

    Regular price: $22.34

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    • Der große Trip

    • Tausend Meilen durch die Wildnis zu mir selbst
    • By: Cheryl Strayed
    • Narrated by: Manja Döring
    • Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
    • Unabridged
    • Overall
      2.5 out of 5 stars 3
    • Performance
      2.5 out of 5 stars 2
    • Story
      2.5 out of 5 stars 2

    Gerade 26 geworden, hat Cheryl Strayed das Gefühl, alles verloren zu haben. Drogen und Männer trösten sie über den Tod ihrer Mutter...

    Regular price: $13.77

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