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I started reading a new book called Wild by Cheryl Strayed. First reason why I chose the book was that it was #1 New York Times bestseller. And seeing that it was a bestseller I thought right away that it must be a good book. Second reason why I chose the book was that on the cover was Reese Witherspoon, one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood. But when I saw her on the cover of the book ,I thought ,why is she on the cover. When I flipped the book on its back I saw pictures from a movie scene.  I recognized the movie because I had seen the trailer. Based on my memory of the trailer it looked pretty cool. For me it is very appealing when a book is based on a true story, not science fiction. Because I think that story plots that have happened in real life are much more interesting to read. For that reason I chose this book. 
        This book is about a twenty two year old  woman named Cheryl Strayed and her eleven-hundred-mile solo hike thru Pacific Crest Trail.  She lost her father when she was 6 years old, she had a stepfather, loving mother, a brother, and a sister. She was happily married and everything  seemed perfect. But everything collapsed for her when her mother got cancer and  died 50 days after the doctors said that she had cancer. Cheryl was deeply disappointed in her siblings because her sister didn't come to see mother and brother came to see her only once. She was the only one who was by her mothers side threw out the illness. After the death she didn't speak to her siblings and stepfather.  After the tragedy, once a perfect family was torn apart. Cheryls marriage was getting to an end because she felt like nobody understands her. She had so many questions, like why her mother had cancer. Even tough she didn't smoke, drink and had an really healthy life style. She and her husband got divorced. After four years, in 1995, when she was twenty six years old she  took a decision to change her life. To hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State. Craziest part too it was that she wanted to do it all by her self. She had no experience what so ever but she took the risk, hoping to start a new chapter in her life.