Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing RoadWithin a ten-month period, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of personal devastation that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again. Peart’s journey of self-exile and exploration chronicle his personal odyssey and include stories of reuniting with friends and family, grieving, and reminiscing. He recorded with dazzling artistry, the enormous range of his travel adventures, from the mountains to the seas, from the deserts to the Arctic ice, and the memorable people who contributed to his healing. Ghost Rider is a brilliantly written, and ultimately triumphant narrative memoir from a gifted writer and the drummer and lyricist of the legendary rock band Rush. |
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... told me to let her go, but I wouldn't. Our big white Samoyed, Nicky, was frightened and confused by all this, and he barked frantically and tried to push between us. Chief Ernie was afraid to touch the dog, I wouldn't let go of Jackie ...
... told my partners in Rush, Geddy and Alex (all of us in tears), that they should “consider me retired.” I hadn't worried about whether or not I could afford not to work again; it was simply unthinkable. After 23 years together, Geddy and ...
... told me that when his dad and Uncle John were young they used to come west to Manitoba from southern Ontario on the “harvest trains,” which gathered young men from as far east as the Maritimes to help bring in the wheat — especially ...
... told him what had happened to me that day, and said “Don't be upset about her.” He breathed a sincere “thanks,” and I felt better, and hoped he did too. Back in my room, I flicked through the TV channels looking for the weather and ...
... told me how that might affect a buyer's response to the house, then went on to argue repeatedly against my objection to holding “open house” showings, when anyone could walk in and take a tour through that haunted house, from serious ...