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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... Especially at this time of year , " he agreed , then gestured up toward the rolling tundra above the delta , and said , " From up there , it's like a painting . " From then on the road was better ( which is to say , not under construc ...
... especially when it's cloudy . By March the sun is so strong that it affects the snow regardless of the temperature , so that it's hot and slippery in the sun , and cool and " grippy " in the shadows . But I've definitely expanded my ...
... especially given my present state of existential insecurity , but I didn't take the idea at all seriously . Especially given my present state of exis- tential insecurity . This time , however , she got to me . You know — she shot me ...