![]() ![]() ![]() She changed her surname from Nyland to Strayed, a name she picked because it “seemed fitting”, a symbol of veering off the path. In one scene Witherspoon – as Cheryl – is seen having sex with two men in an alley.įour years, seven months and three days after her mother died, Cheryl sobered up, divorced the man she had married at 19 and realised she needed to change. Casual sex, heroin abuse and domestic violence are all part of the story. ”īoth the book and the film are brutally honest about how her life fell apart. “My two siblings scattered in their grief in spite of my efforts to hold us together, until I gave up. And despite being told she’d have a year to live, her health deteriorated and she died much sooner than Cheryl, her stepdad, brother and sister expected.Ĭheryl said: “In the wake of her death my stepfather morphed from the person I considered my dad into a man I only occasionally recognised. It was four years before the epic journey that her mum Bobbi was diagnosed with lung cancer, aged just 45. I pressed my face into the warmth and howled some more.” ![]() ![]() Her limbs had cooled but her belly was still an island of warm. "I howled and howled, rooting my face into her body like an animal. Amazing trek: Author Cheryl Strayed on trip across the US ![]()
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