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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... watching the fish and the birds , but he persisted , telling me in a confiding way , " I'm shy too . " I nodded and shook his hand , then walked back to the Oasis motel and went for a swim in the warm , shallow sea , then lay in the ...
... watching , and found them good . Now I can add snow- shoeing and cross - country skiing to that list . And watching it snow . Oh yeah — and letter - writing . During the journey I kept a pretty good journal going ( like reading , it's ...
... watching " Inside Nascar " on Speedvision , and leaving all my dishes on the counter until morning . ( I don't really mind doing them then , half - awake and watching the birds at the feeder , but right after dinner it seems silly not ...