Do It Anyway: A 50-Year-Old Woman Conquers Fear on a 10,000-Mile Motorcycle Trek.
Local Author Talk at the Richmond Free Library
When C. Jane Taylor was a little girl, her mother owned the motorcycle shop, Honda of Ann Arbor. Motorcycles colored her childhood until she and her family moved to Northern Michigan and later to Vermont. After a forty-year hiatus, she re-learned to ride a motorcycle at the age of 50. She was afraid of her dirt driveway, afraid of dropping her 450-pound bike, afraid of up-hill starts, afraid of the tight curves called twisties by experienced motorcycle riders. She took a 10,000-mile cross-country road trip anyway.
Three days after her son's college graduation, the author set off with him and her yoga-teacher husband (his stepdad) on a motorcycle adventure that took them into uncharted territory-both as novice riders, and as a family.
This family trek is the subject of Spirit Traffic: A Mother's Journey of Self-discovery and Letting Go. The book is a dynamic and heartfelt exploration of midlife transformation that captures the often-overlooked nuances of the Midwest, the deep-rooted magic of the Navajo Nation, the grandeur of National Parks, and the beauty of the West Coast.
Spirit Traffic is at once a colorful travelogue of a bucket-list bikers' route across America and an unflinching memoir of a middle-aged mom conquering her fears (on and off her motorcycle), unpacking a complicated childhood, and ultimately, learning to let go of her only child.
With a focus on inspiring adventure, after a reading from Spirit Traffic and a spirited Q&A, guests will have the opportunity to share their Moth-style personal story (five minutes without notes) of adventure on the theme "Adventure As I See It." Jane's story and those of your friends and neighbors could be the spark that ignites your next great experience. Join Jane on Wednesday, November 2 from 6 - 7:30 pm in the Community Room at the Richmond Free Library.
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