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This book has gotten a lot of hype from both Oprah and Chicago Trib Printer's Row. So maybe I expected too much. As a memoir it was okay (but no Joan Didion), as a travelogue it was okay (but no Peter Mayle) and as literature it was average (I could list a bunch of authors). What Strayed does best is take us back to being a lost 20-something. (Her's was a tragic loss but she is not alone in her suffering.) She really captures the voice of that self-absorbed time when we thought we could conquer the world and solve all our own problems. I was disappointed that her imagery wasn't stronger - I really don't have any solid visual of her experience. Most of her time seemed to be spent off the trail, rather than on it - another disappointment. It was hard for me when she equated getting an abortion with making trail mix. So all in all, a good read but not as good as I hoped.