When you were 13, you moved to atkin county. It was very narrow. You lived in a house with your mamma and your stepfather. For many years, the house didn't have electricity or running water. Didn't have indoor plumbing until after you went to college. But despite all this cherolstrade, you were a high school cheer leader and the home coming queen. And i wanted to be popular, because to be popular is to be loved. I wanted people to love me.
Cheryl Strayed battled through remarkable adversity—and the most intense of hikes—to emerge as one of the best American writers working today.