Name: Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed my Life
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Author: Noraly Schoenmaker
ISBN: 9781668092491

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Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed my Life

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Physical Book

Publisher

Atria Books

Author

Noraly Schoenmaker

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781668092491

Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed my Life

Noraly Schoenmaker (Author) · Atria Books · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Free Ride: Heartbreak, Courage, and the 20,000-Mile Motorcycle Journey That Changed my Life"

By the YouTube sensation with two and a half million followers, the inspiring account of a young woman who, in a moment of personal crisis, embarked on an epic, transcontinental motorcycle ride--and along the way found a new sense of purpose. Noraly Schoenmaker was a thirtysomething geologist living in the Netherlands when she learned that her live-in partner had been having a long-term affair. In desperate need of a new beginning, she decided to quit her job and jet off to India. But her plans were dashed when she fell quickly and helplessly in love: with a motorcycle. Behind the handlebars, she felt alive and free--nimble enough to trace the narrowest paths, powerful enough to travel the longest of roads. First, she set off toward the Pacific, through the jungles of Myanmar and Thailand, then into Malaysia. Rather than satisfy her appetite for the open road, this ride only piqued it. She shipped her bike to Oman, at the base of the Arabian Peninsula, and embarked on a journey through Iran, across Tajikistan along its border with Afghanistan, over the snowy peaks of Central Asia, and into Europe, all the way back home to the Netherlands. She covered remote and utterly unfamiliar territory, broke down on impossibly steep mountains, and pushed too many miles along empty roads, farther and farther from civilization. But through her travels, she discovered the true beauty of the world, the kindness of its people, the simplicity of its open spaces, and a new and unshakable belief in her capabilities. Free Ride is an inspiring story of self-discovery and renewal. Filled with unforgettable figures, hilarious disasters, and powerful human connections, it shows you what happens when you open your heart and let the world in.