Ordinarily I'd run a mile from this kind of premise - protagonist hits rock bottom and gains new perspective on life by hiking a 1,100 mile course on her own. But I found myself thinking that maybe I would appreciate it at the moment, and yes, I did! It helps that, as I'm reminded every time I see her in anything, Reese Witherspoon is very good (it's easy to forget and just see her as another pretty face). And also that Cheryl Strayed is believable - she seems like a real person (it helps, but is no guarantee of that, that this was an adaptation from the real Strayed's book account).
