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"Reese Witherspoon will star in the Nick Hornby-penned Wild. The High Fidelity writer will adapt Cheryl Strayed&amp;#039;s memoir, which the actress will also produce, reports Deadline. The book centres around Strayed struggling to cope with the death of her mother and the breakdown of her marriage. She decides to embark on a 1100-mile hike along the Pacific coast to regain control of her life. &amp;quot;I loved Cheryl Strayed&amp;#039;s memoir,&amp;quot; said Hornby. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s moving, funny, painful and brave, and the moment I&amp;#039;d finished it, I wanted someone to let me have a go at adapting it, because it was clear to me that it could make a wonderful movie. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m thrilled to be given the chance. The fact that this chance was given to me by Reese Witherspoon, a great actress who feels exactly the same way about the book as I do, makes this project all the more exciting.&amp;quot; Hornby has lately made the move from having others adapt his novels for film to working on films based on other people&amp;#039;s works, including An Education and the forthcoming Brooklyn. Witherspoon will next be seen in Mud and Devil&amp;#039;s Knot. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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