Ghost Rider

Travels on the Healing Road

By: Neil Peart

Narrated by: Brian Sutherland

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 motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again. He had needed to get away, but he had not really needed a destination. His personal odyssey is chronicled with his travel adventures, meeting up with friends and family, and the grieving, thinking, crying, and storytelling of life as he rides. Along the way, he plays music from his internal jukebox, yet nothing seems to let him find peace. And without peace, all he could do was keep riding until he found it.

©2002 Neil Peart (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Brilliant and Triumphant

What a journey, the details are amazing! You become a passenger on the back seat.

A deep look at loss and adventure

This was a good book to listen to while I deal with my own grief. I felt comforted in Neil's story and loved being with him on his travel adventures. Makes me want to go on a road trip! Peart's writing style is in line with some of the great writers of this country (Stegner, Steinbeck, Twain), which keeps me wanting more. I love Peart's sense of humor as well. The narration took some getting used to (a bit monotone and slow), but when I came to terms with the thought that Sutherland narrates all of Peart's books (possibly because he was Peart's choice?), I settled in with him. As soon as I finished this book, I started it again as bedtime listening. It's good for that too!

Quite a journey

If he wasn't one of your heroes before this, I hope you'll understand why he's mine after this.

From catastrophic to love again

It was a raw perspective of one man’s healing journey from catastrophic loss to becoming whole again.

A Journey

CS Lewis wrote A GRIEF OBSERVED. THIS IS Peart’s such book.
If you want to hear chronicles about his great drumming techniques or his time with Rush, this is not it.

After unimaginable tragedy, the journey unfolds as he painfully deals with grief from dark to light; and as he says, 2 steps forward one step backwards.

I listen to audible books for relaxation, and the narrations lends itself to that. As a person who has gone through tragedy but also likes to travel, Peart captures my imagination as I followed his feeling journey, places he visited and where he dined. During this time the band simply took a backstage pass while he took care of his “baby soul”.

Peart has my respect as a human being. I could relate to so much.
Thank you for the gift of Neil Peart. RIP, Neil