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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... later on . On the first day of my journey westward from Quebec , I saw a small inukshuk placed at the roadside , high on a rocky cut , and then another the second day , and again on the third . Perhaps they had been assembled by another ...
... later he came in holding my wallet in his white " search gloves , " and demanded that I verify its contents . Then , 10 long minutes later , he returned , stripped off the gloves , and charged me $ 2.40 for " excess cigarettes . " Man .
... later in the week , hoping that she would get a little " used to " the idea . Or maybe this " exper- iment " would just fizzle out on its own , and become a non - issue . In any case , my own chaotic emotions were stirred up even more ...