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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... thought of possible sources of " hassle . " Before setting out , I had asked Sheila to get me a set of credit cards under an alias , John Ellwood Taylor ( a fine " bluesman ” name , I thought , made up of Jackie's last name , my own ...
... thought about the rooms in the house , and how they would look . I thought about the photographs of Jackie and Selena everywhere , and wondered what it would be like to look at them now . I thought about all the memories , and wondered ...
... thought the world worked , and after all , it is not " acceptable " that Selena and Jackie had to die . No way . Not in my world . So that world , or that world - view , is gone . Some well - meaning people have tried to offer me what ...