About this title: This bold narrative written by the drummer and lyricist for the band Rush shows how Peart tried to stay alive by staying on the move after the loss of his 19-year-old daughter and his wife. The book will be sold as part of the band's official merchandise during its 47-city American tour. 20 photos. 15 maps.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: E C W Pr
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9781550225488ISBN:1550225480
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781550225488. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecw Press
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9781550225464ISBN:1550225464
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-library has clear mylar cover and usual library markings. Book has shelf wear from storage and use; otherwise the book is in very good condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ecw Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781550225488ISBN:1550225480
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ecw Press
Date Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN-13:9781550225488ISBN:1550225480
Description: Very Good. Paperback. Clean book with light bends in spine from reading and may have a bookstore stamp inside the cover. Quick response! read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ECW Press, Toronto
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781550225488ISBN:1550225480
Description: Travels on the Healing Road. Pp. 460. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light edgewear, light indentation to top right corner of front cover, faint scent of laundry soap; very good+. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: ECW Press, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781550225488ISBN:1550225480
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Pale colored cover has light edge wear and front cover starting to curl as in most trade paperbacks, pages as new and binding firm, author was undecided between life and death and chose motion, travelling 55, 000 miles on his motorcycle in 14 months. Book documents his grieving and healing process. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ECW PR
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781550225488ISBN:1550225480
Description: New. This bold narrative written by the drummer and lyricist for the band Rush shows how Peart tried to stay alive by staying on the move after the loss of his 19-year-old daughter and his wife. The book will be sold as part of the band's official merchan... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ecw Press, Toronto
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781550225464ISBN:1550225464
Description: New Condition. New book Jacket. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2" Review "Well-written, harrowing and filled with just-right touches of levity, [this book] is a necessary story about the human condition. "--Altfresh Product Description In less than a year, 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. That lack of direction lead him on a 55, 000 mile journey by ... read more
"As an Ex-Pat Canadian and a motorcyclist, it was in my DNA to read this book.
Good: Neil's writing style is wonderful. He is open, honest and portrays his life and observations in a unique light.
Bad: The events that transpired as the impetus for this journey and book were truly tragic. Things no one should ever be forced to endure. Having said that, the middle of the book gets whiny.
What struck me about this was that because of the authors career and subsequent success, he had the opportunity to run away from his life and what had happened before having to face them and wallow (rightfully so) in 'woe is me'. For the rest of us, we don't have that luxury. We have to go back to work, pay the bills, participate in the mundane day to day tasks that aren't going to wait while we avoid the grieving process. Makes me glad I gave up music lessons to chase girls and buy motorcycles. :D
Great: While reading this book, I kept thinking 'man, if I had a BMW GS I could go to all these amazing places and have all these wonderful adventures'. I bought a GS and then another one and they have been the best internal combustion decisions I have ever made. I have Neil to partially thank for that."
"The author of this book lost his wife and his daughter over a 10-month period and subsequently hit the road on his motorcycle because he could no longer bear the pain of staying in their home where so many memories resided. He does a great job of interweaving his own emotional journey as well as describing the areas through which he travels. However,it's a long book and the second half was a lot of repetition as he ended up visiting several of the same parts of the country twice over a 2-year period. By the final third, he is rambling sort of stream of consciousness and while I understand that this is completely okay and a part of his healing process, it didn't make for the best of reading :)"
"Neil Peart lost his wife and daughter within a year. His daughter died in a car wreck on the 401 outside Toronto in 1997. His wife lost her will to fight and died of cancer within the next year.
He'd been given a BMW R1200GS as a gift from his wife. Not knowing how else to cope, he got on his bike and rode 55,000 miles in the next three months, riding to the Arctic circle down to Mexico and across Canada and the US.
Not surprising, the book has a heavy start... it's less a book on riding as it is a memoir of his journey out of his personal darkness. Peart is very literate and quoteable and makes liberal use of other great quotes throughout the book.
I've been meaning to pick up his book on bicycling through Africa and his other writing on music, just haven't got around to it yet. Ghost Rider was bought off the bat, though, and sits on the shelf with my favorites.
I have to add, this book is what started my gigantic crush on BMW's GS series. :)"
"I have to agree with some of the negative commentary on this book...but only some of it.
I got the feeling throughout this book that Neil should have just written it for himself and left it at that. No doubt it was part of his healing process. The key: part of *his* healing process. I can understand that the tragedy he dealt with was monumental and his journey was epic. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that others should be subjected to it.
I didn't find that the author's endless verses of inner turmoil, despair, and self pity in any way connected to the rest of his story. It was kind of like two different stories: one of his emotional recovery and one of his motorcycle travels--with nothing in the book to really congeal the two. Disappointing.
Two stars: the travelogue was interesting but the self-pity was distracting and--not to be blunt but--also completely "unsympathetizable" (is that a word?)."
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