Publisher's Synopsis
Cheryl Stryder Shirley Strayed's book, All I Had Left Was Bravery, is more than just an account of a journey: "What I learned that summer hiking the Pacific Crest Trail was that with so few options, you're often forced to choose the thing you least want to do, with no chance to run away or refuse. That day, as I clung to a bush to bandage my bloody finger, and trembled in fear of the possibility of pronghorn around me at any moment, I had to choose between 'the possibility of running into a cow on the way back' and 'the possibility of running into a cow on the way out'. So I kept going. ......
