Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191).
Contents:
The End of the Trail. A Normal Person in the Wilderness -- The Genre of Our Times -- Fashioning Persona -- My Own System(at)ic Oppression -- You Construct the Map After You Have Walked the Land -- Brave is a Decision -- Truth Works a Trip Wire -- Then There Was the Real Live Truly Doing It -- Boots on the Ground -- A Note on the Construction of this Book -- The Crew -- The Urge to Revise the Past -- Accountability in the Redemption Memoir -- Fake It 'Til You Make It -- False Ending One: Love Wins -- False Ending Two: In Search of Reluctance -- The End of the Trail.
Summary:
"Alden Jones began a deep dive into Cheryl Strayed's Wild to answer a question: How did Cheryl Strayed take material that is not inherently dramatic?hiking?and transform it into an inspirational memoir, beloved to so many? The answer would be revealed in Jones's craft analysis, and ultimately in Jones's memoir of her own time in the wilderness, written alongside her exploration of Wild. But when a sudden personal crisis occurs in the middle of writing the book, Jones realizes that an authentic account of her history requires confronting some difficult truths, both in her life and on the page. The result is a profoundly original work that merges literary criticism, craft discussion, and memoir?a celebration of Wild, of memoir, and of the power of a book to change one's life."--Amazon.com.
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