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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... centerstand , I reaped the first reward of this journey , when my thoughts and energies contracted and narrowed their focus to riding the machine . My right hand gently rolled on the throttle a little more , left hand wiped away the ...
... centerstand , to prevent the bike from sinking into the liquefying surface and falling over again , tried unsuccessfully to fix the mirror , then had a closer look for other damage . Nothing was apparent , but I did notice the brake ...
... centerstand facing down the road , with Roy's and the Amboy Crater in the distance , I turned north up the Kelbaker Road to Kelso . Thanks to all the rain I've been bringing to the Southwest , the Mojave is like a green sea of creosote ...