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 chronicles his personal odyssey and includes 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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... Jackie remained raw and vulnerable , unable to protect herself from the horror of memory . In an effort to keep her ... Jackie's care as I felt myself slipping into a kind of " protective insanity , " a numb refuge of alcohol and drugs ...
... Jackie's treatments and care ( he was also a trained paramedic ) , and playing " gatekeeper " when the number of concerned friends at our door became overwhelming . His wife Shelly , an emergency room doctor , became another tireless ...
... Jackie . Had to depend on others , and had plenty of others I could depend on . Back in February of '98 when we came back from England with Jackie's " death sentence , " it was only because you were there that I could ( or felt I could ) ...