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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... bike runs on diesel ? " I looked down at the nozzle's handle and noticed it was green , which often ( though not always ) means diesel , and at the oily fuel foaming up from the filler neck . I shook my head in disbelief and said , " No ...
... bike bearing down on me from behind in a slow circle . In those few seconds of slow - motion perception , I was sure that the bike was going to end up on top of me , but it slid to a stop just behind , both of us painted with reddish ...
... bike . The flag lady came running from her post a quarter - mile back to see that I was all right , and I was touched by this neighborly concern . I didn't like to ask her to help me lift the bike , and was trying to decide if I would ...