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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... rain , then the anxiety of riding onboard over those slippery metal ramps and getting tied down ( pathetic attempt , as usual ; must learn proper knot for that ) , then a couple slugs of whisky and an exploration of the ship ( all ...
... rain and my nagging toothache , I thought I would head down to Flagstaff . The rain became biblical , the streets of the town were deeply awash , and I took refuge in a Hampton Inn by the Interstate , watching on the Weather Channel as ...
... rain , fog , nasty cross- winds , construction through Albuquerque , and even heavy flakes of wet snow , blinding and worrisome " under - wheel . ” Down I - 25 ( getting south as fast as I could ! ) the snow went away , but the ...