First Gear: A Motorcycle Memoir (Signed Copy)

Jorgensen, Lorrie

ISBN 10: 1771332468 / ISBN 13: 9781771332460

Published by Inanna, 2015

About this Item

About the book: Softcover. First Printing. Signed by author on title page. Book in very good condition with moderate corner wear. Additional photos available upon request. We're not satisfied unless you are.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Gear: A Motorcycle Memoir (Signed Copy)
• Publisher: Inanna
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771332468
• ISBN 13: 9781771332460
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Autographed
  • Biography & Memoir
  • Women's Studies

About this title

Synopsis

A powerful story of childhood physical, emotional and sexual abuse unrolls as the author, at age 50 and living with Multiple Sclerosis, rides her 2009 Harley-Davidson -- named Thelma D. -- from Ottawa to Winnipeg and back, with detours to northern Ontario and a detour into Quebec. During her ride through the stunning landscape of the Canadian Shield, she shares stories of her childhood growing up in the 1970s in the Ottawa Valley with her three brothers, a violent father and an alcoholic mother. Told with a frank openness and humour, First Gear is ultimately a story of courage, survival, and recovery.

About the Author

A tradeswoman, teacher and artist for over 30 years, Lorrie Jorgensen loves working with her hands and creating art with found objects. Her passion is the almost 20 year journey of building a home on a private lake that she shares with her partner, four dogs and a cat. First Gear: A Motorcyle Memoir is her first published book.