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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once again into a mediocre Best Western, in Needles, its restaurant, the “
California Pantry,” rendered even more mediocre because of course I couldn't
smoke after my glutinous fettuccine and syrupy cabernet. (You with me here?)
As for me, I took a pretty good fall too, bruising my ribs (not as well as you did, of
course) and banging my forearm against one of the railing uprights as I slid by (I
had time to think, “broken arm for sure,” but just a nasty bruise — oh yeah, and ...
out of the way again, why of course it's time for another crabby letter. Aren't you
glad? I know I am . . . Lately we've had mostly cool and cloudy days at Camp
Ellwood, and quite a lot of rain through the day yesterday, but I can't say I've
noticed ...
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User Review - jrthebutler - LibraryThingAfter the tragic losses of both his wife and 19 year old daughter, RUSH drummer Neil Peart embarks on a 14 month, 55,000 mile motorcycle journey in order to find a reason to live. Read full review
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User Review - absurdeist - LibraryThingImagine sending your nineteen-year-old daughter, Selena, your only child, off to college in the morning, and that evening the police show up at your front door with some "bad news". Imagine the ... Read full review