Why I’m Not Wild About ‘Wild’

Cheryl Strayed’s overrated memoir catches the romance of hiking but too often lacks credibility

Janice Harayda

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Reese Witherspoon in the movie version of “Wild” / Fox Searchlight

In 1982 Steven Callahan spent 76 days floating on an inflatable raft in the Atlantic after his sailboat sank on a trip from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean.

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Janice Harayda

Critic, novelist, award-winning journalist. Former book editor of the Plain Dealer and book columnist for Glamour. Words in NYT, WSJ, and other major media.