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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail Audiobook— narrated by Bernadette Dunne
Cheryl Strayed's Wild is a memoir of grief and a thousand-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail, written by someone with no business attempting it and every reason to try. It braids a present-tense trek from the Mojave to Washington against flashbacks to the loss that wrecked her, so the walking and the mourning illuminate each other.
Why the audiobook wins
Bernadette Dunne narrates Wild with the exhaustion built right into her voice, which is exactly what the book needs. Strayed's memoir is unsparing about her own unpreparedness, the wrong boots, the pack she can barely lift, and Dunne never smooths that into triumphant adventure-narrator polish. You hear the blisters as much as the revelations.
The book braids two timelines, a present-tense trek up the Pacific Crest Trail and flashbacks to the grief that sent Strayed there, and Dunne's narration keeps the shift between them seamless, so the walking and the mourning bleed into each other as Strayed intended. It's a natural fit for a long drive or a hike of your own.
Dunne has narrated dozens of memoirs and knows how to let a story's hard truths sit without editorializing, precisely the restraint Wild rewards. At roughly thirteen hours, it's a long walk to take with someone, and one Audible credit gets you the whole trail.
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- Who narrates the Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail audiobook?
- Bernadette Dunne narrates the audiobook edition of Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail.
- How long is the Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 13 hr 2 min.
- Is the Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.3 out of 5. Bernadette Dunne narrates Wild with the exhaustion built right into her voice, which is exactly what the book needs. Strayed's memoir is unsparing about her own unpreparedness, the wrong boots, the pack she can barely lift, and Dunne never smooths that into triumphant…
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- Eligible new Audible members can use a free-trial credit to listen in the Audible app. Eligibility and current offer terms are set by Audible.
