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by Neil Peart (Author) "Outside the house by the lake the heavy rain seemed to hold down the darkness, grudging the slow fade from black, to blue, to gray..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: ECW Press,Canada; illustrated edition edition (1 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1550225480
  • ISBN-13: 978-1550225488
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 69,890 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, the second motorcycle memoir (following 1996's The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa) from the author best known as drummer and lyricist of the legendary Canadian rock band Rush, chronicles a journey of healing. In the late-90s, Peart suffered a pair of life-changing tragedies: he lost his daughter and his wife of 20 years within a 10 month period. In the autumn of 1998, in an effort to distract himself from grief and re-evaluate his life, he embarked on a trip that took him across Canada and through the US and Mexico. Through diary notes and letters written over the course of 55,000 miles, Peart chronicles his feelings of loss and envy, and the slow rebuilding of his life through the support of friends and family. Ghost Rider is also an alternative travel guide fuelled by the author's detailed descriptions of towns, roads, hotels, restaurants and the people he encounters. "Moab proved to be the perfect small town, at least by the Ghost Rider's exacting criteria," he writes, "those being that a town should have a decent motel, a small museum of local history, a friendly post office and a well-stocked liquor store." Thought-provoking and even humorous at times, Peart reveals in straight-ahead prose the emotional turmoil following such an epic loss--and we ride shotgun as he gradually acquires a renewed sense of purpose. --Eric Wilson, Amazon.ca

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"Well-written, harrowing and filled with just-right touches of levity, [this book] is a necessary story about the human condition." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars RUSH out and read it, 9 Aug 2002
By Marcus Horatius (Bucks) - See all my reviews
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Neil Peart is best-known as the drummer and lyricist from the Canadian rock band Rush. But in 1997 he suffered the double tragedy of losing both his teenage daughter and wife (one in a fatal road accident, the other of cancer).

Devastated, alone, and haunted by ghosts, Peart decided to pack up and take to the road on his motorbike--a solitary "ghost rider"--in an effort to find "the healing road". Travelling alone across North America, Peart carries the reader with him as he slowly begins the process of self-healing, gradually taking more and more of an interest in his surroundings, the people he meets and the places he visits.

Literate, lucid, honest and opinionated, Peart is much more than just an observer or guide: he lets the reader into his feelings about his own painful process of recovery, as well as his reactions to the people he meets on his aimless trek. In physical terms, his journey is a "road to nowhere", but emotionally it really is the healing road.

Thankfully because Peart is by nature a logical, rational sceptic, there is little that comes across as sentimental here -- instead Peart's honest empiricism and dogged will to keep on going, somehow, sustain both him and the reader.

The only caveat with this book is the second half feels rushed and incomplete: understandably so, perhaps, as it was written while the band were recording their "Vapor Trails" album. Still, the first half or so is worth the price alone. This is Peart's best work -- far, far more compelling than his later and rather dull travel books, "Travelling Music" and "Roadshow", both of which focus on a frankly rather bored and somewhat self-important rockstar who apparently hits the road for no better reasons than (a) to relieve his boredom and (b) to make notes on mileage and what he had for dinner to fill out his next travel book.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Open Heart Surgery!, 27 Jul 2002
A great read! I bought this book when I was in Canada and could hardly put it down. The writer lost his wife and daughter (even his dog!) in the space of a few months and the books tells the tale of his attempts to try to get his life back. Very emotional (obviously), but also humorous, ironic and written with a dry wit throughout. Neil rides his BMW bike from Canada through the USA and into Mexico and Belize and we get full descriptions along the way. I call this 'open heart surgury' because he bares the pain in his heart to all of the readers, and even without necessarily experiencing such disaster in our own lives we can easily identify with his suffering. At no point do we ever feel like shouting 'pull yourself together man', and this - I feel - is due to his skill as a writer in bringing us all on side.
Only his second published book, but sure not to ne his last.
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5.0 out of 5 stars You will not put it down!!..., 26 Oct 2002
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Compelling, heart-breaking, fascinating. A gritty account of how a normal guy deals with an unimaginable double tradegy. Neil is an eloquent lyricist and his skill transfers seemlessly to book form. It's amazing to read how this man who we all know (some of us, anyway) as a rock star is so totally brought down to earth by his grief (as we all would be). He presents himself believably as a simple man who takes to the road to drive away from his grief. No matter how far he travels, he can never escape his pain and agonising memories yet on the way he learns to change and adapt. Never one to shirk his emotions, Neil tells us of his many ups and downs and how the simplest of things can elate him and and at the same time send him spiralling into a bleak depression. A great musician , a caring man, this book is "a secret touch on the heart"
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5.0 out of 5 stars like his music .......quality.
fantastic book! you really feel like you're being swept along on the journey with neil, experiencing the few highs and the overwhelming lows. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars a lot of grief and very little biking

Well I bought this book hoping to find something similar to Jupiter's travels, Mondo Enduro or Long Way Round, but to no avail. Read more
Published 20 months ago by urindar

5.0 out of 5 stars Neil Peart outstanding as ever
As a Rush fan for many years, I was already aware of the emotional hell that Neil Peart had experienced back in '97 and '98, and I was also well aware of his meticulous skills... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2006 by R. R. Fellows

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointingly dull - too long by half!
Having been both an avid Rush fan and passionate drummer for over two decades, this guy has constantly inspired me in my own playing and totally blown me away in admiration for... Read more
Published on 6 Jul 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars A rare insight into a private person
Neil Peart is a walking anomaly in that he is a very private person that exists in the high profile music industry . Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2003 by G. W. Walker

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant - moving and uplifting
this is a marvellous book.

how peart found the strength to write about the wicked events that befell his family is beyond me. Read more

Published on 23 May 2003 by Robert Parkinson

5.0 out of 5 stars A Superb and Moving Read
As a Rush fan since 1978 I was already well aware of Neil Peart's talent with the English language (as well as being the best drummer in the world). Read more
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