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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... motorcycle . I immediately realized that it was a present to me from Jackie , for I had long claimed that I was going to try motorcycling when I " grew up , " and that my choice of machine would be a BMW . Mouth agape , and still ...
... motorcycle he went out and bought one of his own , a BMW K - 1100RS . That September , he joined me on my first motorcycle journey , through Quebec , Newfoundland , and the Maritime provinces , and we met up with Jackie and Georgia in ...
... motorcycle for an uncomfortable seat beside the helicopter pilot , while he performed all kinds of aerobatics for the videographer and Andrew , the still photographer ( who didn't much enjoy hanging out the side of the helicopter to ...