©2021 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Alluding to the film’s need to get a point across quickly, she continued, “They had to be like ‘Okay, she’s a slut!’”. Cheryl Strayed is an American memoirist, novelist, essayist and podcast host. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, thenView saved stories. Both stories are spoken in first person so the reader can hear directly from the author’s point of view. This is not a book about hiking the PCT as I was lead to believe, but a book about a heroine and sex addict hitchhiking across an area generally near the PCT after her mother died when she was 22. Browse photos from the Wild author's life and journey to self-discovery. Not only was this my book -- it was my life. In the movie, however, the family unit is simplified to a single mother and two children -- just Strayed and her brother. By Cheryl Strayed (as told to Leigh Newman) This story of adventure, loss and personal growth is one of those books that readers can't get enough of—literally. It’s the only part of the movie that makes me wince, just a little,” she said. In the film, Cheryl has only one sibling, her younger brother Leif. Instead, writer Nick Hornby (“High Fidelity,” “About A Boy,” “An Education”) was brought on by Papandrea to do the honors. I hated it! Maybe the people who knew Bob are right and it was him since they think it was (i.e., it seemed like him to them).”. The movie also removes their mother’s second husband, Eddie. “We both hoped that when you experience one you will be driven to the other,” Strayed said of her collective goal with Vallée. She seemed very happy to meet me since she had no one to talk to for more than a week. CHERYL STRAYED is the author of the #1 New York Times best seller Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0 and became an Oscar-nominated film starring Reese Witherspoon;Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, a national best seller now the basis of the WBUR podcast Dear Sugar Radio, co-hosted … Having lost my father to cancer when I was 23, the story of Strayed’s hike along the Pacific Crest Trail, in the wake of her own mother’s death, moved me. Our respective, intense desires to move forward in our lives were unspoken. I think you’re brilliant.’”. In reality, Cheryl also had an older sister, Karen. And how would Stetson have felt about his portrayal in Wild? Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, the New York Times bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things and Brave Enough, and the novel Torch. It is one of the most haunting and memorable moments in Strayed's memoir. Cheryl Strayed: You need to tell your brother-in-law that he’s no longer allowed to touch you, sit next to you or make comments about your appearance. he did travel around and he did pick up a lot of hitchhikers.”. In Wild, she describes her journey from despair to transcendence with honesty, humor, and heart-cracking poignancy. It’s this exact relationship between the screen and the page that is the most fascinating aspect of “Wild,” a book that millions have read thanks in large part to Oprah crowning it the first selection for her new book club just months after it was published in 2012. This is a great book.” —Mary Pipher, author of Reviving Ophelia and Seeking Peace “Cheryl Strayed is one of … For starters, her family was restructured for the film. When asked if Hornby added the graphic alley scene himself, Strayed admitted she doesn’t know. “More often, while I’m watching the movie I want to stand up and go, ‘This is exactly how it happened!’”. But she's not just an author who wrote a best-selling book. Edwidge Danticat’s “Brother, I’m Dying” and Cheryl Strayed’s “The Love of My Life” share some similarities and differences in their content. I miss them every day. A copy of the Hobo Times is not exactly easy to find. It is one of the most haunting and memorable moments in Strayed's memoir. Cheryl Strayed is already something of a phenomenon in the US, where her hiking memoir, Wild, held the No 1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list … Miscellaneous Questions and Answers: I'd like to ask Sugar for advice. It’s not even a question to me,” she said. And one would think that the natural choice, the smoothest transition from page to screen, would be for Strayed to adapt her book into the screenplay. Here she is at age 26, one month into her journey. Both stories are spoken in first person so the reader can hear directly from the author’s point of view. Cheryl Strayed’s essay about her mother’s death [“The Love of My Life,” September 2002] reminded me of the death of my beloved grandmother in the midseventies. “If you were to ask [director] Jean-Marc Vallée, he would tell you that scene was the hardest part of the movie to shoot,” she said. Today is National Voter Registration Day! He directed my mom’s film.” Strayed said she laughed and quickly corrected her: “No … it’s Jean-Marc’s film!”), Director Jean-Marc Vallée during the filming of "Wild.". What we talk about first, however, is how to kill a horse. When Strayed sat down to write about her life unraveling at age 26 in response to her mother’s early death, her divorce, her fling with heroin and her daring decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail alone -- the 2,650-mile wilderness path that runs through California, Oregon, and Washington -- she never imagined that her book would become the international sensation that it did. Cheryl’s only family was her mother and brother. in the fall issue of the Hobo Times.” In the book, Strayed called the man Jimmy Carter; in reality, she told me, he said his name was Jerry Brown—she maintained the spirit of the original California politician by swapping it with that of a nationally known one. I did not know Cheryl’s personal story or that it would become a bestseller 18 years later. Cheryl Strayed at Crater Lake near the PCT, August 1995. Sign up for membership to become a founding member and help shape HuffPost's next chapter. The magazine—known as “America’s Journal of Wanderlust”—was published about six times a year from 1987 through early 2000, as a supplement with a membership to the National Hobo Association. Cheryl Strayed Author, Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things; co-host, Dear Sugars podcast Portland, OR “I Spent hours in my room playing games and He wrote, ‘I absolutely loved your book. and director of the Hobo Times used his real name, and Bobb Hopkins turned out to be the easiest person to locate in the process—he’s a film actor, writer, director, and producer credited on IMDB and has a production company called Super Chief Films. How do I do that? "My parents were so amazing. I have a younger brother and an older sister. The One Part Of 'Wild' That Still Makes Cheryl Strayed Wince, Premiere Of Fox Searchlight's "Wild" - Arrivals, BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 19: Actress Laura Dern attends the Premiere of Fox Searchlight's 'Wild' at the AMPAS Samuel Goldwyn Theater on November 19, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. “I never did have sex with two guys in an alley,” Strayed said, laughing. Yet in the film version, it’s a brief encounter. Many of his old friends from high school and college have written to me to say that they felt I portrayed him so much the way they remembered him and many of them recognized him even before they realized I was actually writing about “their Doug." Many of the Hobo Times writers penned articles under pseudonyms (some examples: ‘No Bail’ John, Guitar Whitey, Fatcar Frank, Connecticut Shorty)—better known as “road names,” “road flags,” or “road monikers”—which meant Jerry Brown could’ve been the reporter’s real name, road name, or a spur-of-the-moment improvisation. “When I first heard about it, I was excited for her that she got to meet him,” said Fellows. Cheryl Strayed likes to say that the path will reveal itself, as the path always does. And she knew none of my stories. My dad deserves to be talked about . Back in 2012—when Strayed’s memoir was first released—her sister’s friend reached out, saying, “You’re never gonna believe this, there’s this book called Wild and your dad is in it!” Fellows and her siblings thought the description was spot on—she even posted an excerpt to Facebook at the time, which garnered a strong reaction from friends and family. The author of four books, her writing has been published widely in anthologies and major magazines. After her mother died suddenly from lung cancer when Strayed was 22, she and her brother were forced to shoot their mother’s horse when the animal became too sick to live. What is the Hobo Times even? A short scene in Wild, in which Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) encounters a reporter who says he is from something called the Hobo Times, had grabbed my interest. “The Jack Nicholson comparison really strikes a chord with me,” Strayed responded. They optioned the rights to “Wild” before the book was even released, and Witherspoon signed on to produce and star as Strayed. I think it’s him! When I spoke with Hopkins (road name “Santa Fe Bo”), I only knew the name that Strayed gave the writer in Wild, and Hopkins didn’t recall any Hobo Times writers called Jimmy Carter, or a story about a woman who fit Strayed’s description. Real life: This is ultimately the biggest change to the film. “I had not met Nick at that point, but I knew who he was and loved his work. “As founder of N.H.A., I was hands-on with every issue and don't recall that type of article.” When Hopkins located a copy of the elusive Fall 1995 edition, in which Strayed most likely would have appeared, he confirmed it: “No mention of ‘Jimmy Carter’ or a solo female hiker,” he e-mailed me. And this picture you sent looks very familiar. She looked for him, along with the issue of the Hobo Times in which she might have appeared, while writing Wild, but had no luck at the time. “I’ve had that experience with other people in the book, too—Doug Wisor (who died seven years after we hiked), for example. “But seeing it as an image on screen is powerful. How to say Cheryl Strayed in English? Author Cheryl Strayed After her mother died suddenly from lung cancer when Strayed was 22, she and her brother were forced to shoot their mother’s horse when the animal became too sick to live. Many of the toughest parts of Strayed’s book are part of Wild on-screen, but I was tickled to see that the unexpected, sweet exchange with the Hobo Times reporter made the cut in the film as well. The Woman Behind Wild: Cheryl Strayed on Her Mom, Her Marriage and Her Friend Reese The author shares candid confessions – including what her husband thinks of Wild 's sex scenes Cheryl Strayed.” Trudy Hannam says: February 7, 2013 at 10:17 pm. Wild: Lessons from Cheryl Strayed’s Memoir Wild is the 2012 memoir of the American author Cheryl Strayed. Danticat is not as expressive and personal as Strayed. Every time I see it, I get chills.”. “I think authors are terrible adaptors of their books.”, But Strayed, who was already a fan of Hornby’s work, holds no grudge. There are other moments that take up little space in her book that Strayed feels truly glow on screen -- like her losing one of her hiking boots over the edge of a cliff, and then out of anger and despair, chucking the other one over the edge along with it. he was so unique.” Strayed's trek, taken in the wake of her mother’s death, had re-united a daughter with her father, years after his passing. It’s the only moment in the movie that pushes her comfort zone, she said. In both the film and the book, the reporter wrote down Strayed’s first and last name, snapped a photo of her, gave her a hobo care package containing beer, an individually packaged cigarette, canned beans, and various other items, and told her to “look for his piece . And I have to live with this,” Strayed said. Cheryl's upcoming appearances, talks & classes. What Hopkins did remember was a car like the one described in Wild—a silver Chrysler LeBaron packed to the windows with newspapers, books, and clothes—that belonged to his brother-in-law, Bob “Itchy Foot” Stetson. This is an edited transcript of the book club discussion. But in the book, Strayed spent a good portion of her childhood in the North Woods of Minnesota on a 40-acre farm. “I cried on my way to work this morning," she wrote. ... places Strayed won't go in print. Jun 1, 2012 - In 1995, Cheryl Strayed was 26 years old, recently divorced, grieving the death of her mother, and about to embark on an adventure that would change her life forever. Does Cheryl only have one brother, Leif? Strayed, Hornby and Vallée (“Dallas Buyers Club”) worked closely together throughout the entire process. “I don’t remember how that scene got there. The 'Wild' Story Of Cheryl Strayed And Her Long-Lost Half-Sister Strayed's half-sister checked Wild out of the public library because she thought it looked like an interesting travel book. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Wild, based on Cheryl Strayed's autobiographical bestseller, stars Reese Witherspoon..Strayed's ex-husband tells MailOnline how he discovered his wife was … Maybe I tend to enjoy reading about long journeys on foot, but I decided to give this book a chance, despite Oprah’s endorsement. (In the end, he found no record of a Jerry Brown, either.) It has almost no online presence, save a few personal blogs from affiliated N.H.A. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. © 2021 Condé Nast. “I would remember a story like that—especially from a female out on a journey like that,” Hopkins said. “I sort of assumed that he never wrote the piece,” said Strayed. "I gave real notes. Browse photos from Cheryl's life and journey to self-discovery. (It has since been translated into 30 languages.) It detailed her journey of self-discovery as she took a 1,100 mile solo-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995, starting in the Mojave Desert in … Then, having sex with two men in an alley. “I also think it’s very compelling that various people who knew Bob Stetson thought it was him when they read the book,” she explained. He was a real character. “He owned a LeBaron—it wasn’t silver, it was like a cream color,” Hopkins explained. The Rumpus Book Club talks with Cheryl Strayed about Wild, finding forgiveness through writing, Sugar, being photoshopped, and more.. But producers Reese Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea knew better. The scene in the film where Witherspoon takes her first steps on the Pacific Crest Trail was shot in the exact spot in California where Strayed started her journey. Cheryl Strayed near the PCT in Old Station, California, July 1995. Will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy. In 1995, Cheryl Strayed was 26 years old, recently divorced, grieving the death of her mother—and about to embark on an adventure that would change her life forever. But she also realized right away that changes would have to be made on the road from page to screen and she wanted Vallée to make this his own movie. Cheryl Strayed’s essay about her mother’s death [“The Love of My Life,” September 2002] reminded me of the death of my beloved grandmother in the midseventies. That’s him! Stetson passed away in 2010 at the age of 65, but Hopkins’s aforementioned niece, Jennifer Fellows, was happy to fill in the blanks. “And I remember when my niece first read the book she called and said, ‘Oh my God, Uncle Bobb, there’s a piece in here about the Hobo Times and that may be my dad.’ . “He never used his real name, so when I read [in Wild] that it said ‘Jimmy Carter,’ I was totally laughing —he had so many nicknames!” Fellows said. When asked if this bothers her, Strayed thoughtfully discussed the different capacities and limitations that film and literature present. Cheryl Strayed (far right) with her sister, Karen and brother, Leif Credit: Courtesy of Cheryl Strayed So we sat down with Cheryl Strayed to talk about all the juicy bits that aren't in the book, from the joyful and the surprising to the bittersweet. “Obviously vice versa, because she’s pretty amazing—but when I was first thinking, Oh, that was totally him! Cheryl Strayed: You need to tell your brother-in-law that he’s no longer allowed to touch you, sit next to you or make comments about your appearance. It is something that haunts her through much of the book “Wild." As she found the page in the magazine, the grin on her face was practically electric. Ruling: Fiction. . “You felt what it felt like inside my body while this was happening -- on that freezing cold day in this pasture in Northern Minnesota, the day after Christmas with my brother, and this horse that we had loved all of our lives.”. (Strayed told the story of recently having been with her daughter and Vallée. In the film, the family grows up in a meager setting. The collaboration did not stop there. Overall, she feels most intensely how true the film is to her book and her life. Every month The Rumpus Book Club hosts a discussion online with the book club members and the author and we post an edited version online as an interview. Her daughter introduced him to a friend, saying, “This is Jean-Marc. By Cheryl Strayed (as told to Leigh Newman) This story of adventure, loss and personal growth is one of those books that readers can't get enough of—literally. When I told Fellows of my possible discovery, she was effusive. This is the scene that opens both the book and the film. Transformation in the Woods: Wild By Cheryl Strayed 04/18/2012 03:55 pm ET Updated Jun 18, 2012 When the 22-year-old Cheryl Strayed loses her young mother to lung cancer, her life plunges into a downward spiral leading to the disintegration of her … It’s a decision that came up often enough in interviews that Strayed, over drinks at the London Film Festival, asked the team why they never talked to her about writing the screenplay herself.
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