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. This memoir tells of the sense of loss and directionlessness that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again. He had needed to get away, but had not really needed a destination. His travel adventures chronicle his personal odyssey and include stories of reuniting with friends and family, grieving, thinking, and reminiscing as he rode until he encountered the miracle that allowed him to find peace.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Not completed yet:
I have read about a 1/3 of the book and will update the review upon completion. I have skimmed enough of it to provide some thoughts. First, you need the proper mindset to read it. For those us without a motorcycle or the time to journey as Neil has done, his travels offer a certain appeal. He comes across as a loner under stress. I think many of us can relate to the feeling of insecurity and isolation buried within us. I do believe he could have written this with a better flow for the reader and left out... more info
Moving is healing:
I had a similiar story: When my mom (last parent) died in 07 it took me over 3 months fromn the time of her death to come up from LA and bury her. Afterwards I embarked on a 46 day journey to Canada--I have since used the road as my healer. I am still trying to piece together life post parents. God bless Mr. Peart and his incredible book and for giving us 34 years of incredible music.
Meet Mr. Peart the man...not the legend.:
When you listen to a band for a long time and pretty much idolize them in your adolescence you get the know them fairly well in some ways, but not in others. Like many Rush fans I have gotten to know the public persona of Neil Peart along with his partners Geddy and Alex. You know the one, the rock and roll intellectual, the mercurial demi-god of the basement drummer, the philosopher, the traveler, the legend.
Well here we get to see the real man behind it all, torn open by personal loss and desperate... more info
How odd with the bad reviews, though it is a brilliant book:
This is well-written and comes from the heart. I am a RUSH fan(atic) so of course I wanted to read this book. At first I read all of the reviews on this page - mostly the bad ones was interesting. Yes, he is after the American people all right. And after these reviews I realize he is right. What small-minded people... "Oh he doesn't like us but we have made his fortune - he should be greatful". I am not an American and now I pretty much take Neil's side when it comes to the critisism of the people. I would... more info
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