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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... there , with palm - furred mountainsides , and the same all the way . Occasionally bits slightly drier , more scrubby ... there's lots of Mexico in it — just none of the good parts . Then I had to stop for at least four roadblocks today ...
... there were lots of places to stay here ( Best Western was my choice tonight ) and a good restaurant , the " Main Street Brewery . " So you're lucky . ( Oh yeah . ) There's a good motto on the wall here ( part of an extraordi- nary ...
... there's something more insidious at work , for in my mellow tripping through town after my cliff - side stroll , I bought a replacement for my travel - weary sweatshirt , and a tan ultra- suede going - out - to - dinner shirt . Plus a ...