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Cheryl Strayed
No Shortcuts
by, Jenna Goodman
June 16, 2015

“There’s a long history, of women especially, saying ‘Well, I just got lucky.’ I didn’t just get lucky. I worked my f***ing a** off. And then I got lucky. And if I hadn’t worked my a** off, I wouldn’t have gotten lucky. You have to do the work. You always have to do the work.”  –Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things Simply… [Read More]

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Strayed from expectations: Wild
by, Jill Swenson
July 10, 2012

The buzz about Cheryl Strayed’s new memoir, Wild, couldn’t be ignored. If Oprah Winfrey brought back her Book Club just because of this manuscript, I knew I had to read it. Most everything Oprah recommended I’d read before she announced the selection. But Wild was a wild card thrown in my direction. The jacket described this book about the rough experiences on the Pacific Crest… [Read More]

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