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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... weeks in Toronto our friends and family filled the House of Mourning day and night , trying to distract us and help ... week at the Traumatic Stress Clinic , which seemed to help a little , and at least got us outside occasionally . It ...
... week's crisis for me has been the reverse of Spring Fever : the thaw is definitely coming , and I'm scared . Although we still have plenty of snow , and last week I went cross - country skiing every single day in perfect conditions , this ...
... week at Camp Ellwood . Especially , of course , that darkest of days , the 10th [ second anniversary of Selena's passing ] . I didn't know what to expect that day , but I knew it wouldn't be nice . I thought I was preparing for the ...