Cheryl Strayed...Into the "Wild" & On to Advice Columns
You may know Cheryl Strayed from her #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, which inspired the blockbuster film starring Reese Witherspoon or from one of her other bestsellers, Tiny Beautiful Things or Brave Enough.
The Portland resident, who's popular advice column Dear Sugar inspired the podcast Dear Sugars is also the co-author of The Sweet Spot advice column in the New York Times Thursday Styles section. Strayed stopped by Just the Right Book Podcast to talk about that famous hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, her career as an advice columnist and how curiosity at a young age set the tone for her life journey. “As a child, I was very probing,” she tells Roxanne. “In fact, my mother would say I could ask each adult only three questions, because she knew I would never stop. I always paid careful attention to people’s emotional realities.”
Stay tuned after the interview with Cheryl to hear what is on the front table at RJ Julia in Madison, Connecticut.
Books in this episode:
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Savage Country by Robert Olmstead
The Origins of Creativity by Edward O. Wilson
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carre
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
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