Cheryl has grown up safe in the knowledge of her mother's unconditional love, so when she loses Bobbi, she feels deeply wounded. As her marriage to Paul crumbles, Cheryl also has to accept that it is possible for two people to love one another...
The novel's main conflict is a direct result of Strayed's loss of her mother to cancer. Her inability to cope with this loss causes her to emotionally fall into a deep depression and physically become dependent upon drugs. Four years later,...
