Review: Hope Springs Eternal
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 12, 2013
Rode to Recovery is a very inspiring meditation on family, friends, the challenges of illness and the impetus one encounters in the face of death. The author's recovery following brain surgery is remarkable and really shows the power of the human mind to overcome calamity and direct the recovery of the body (not to mention overcoming the stupor of being forced to watch television as part of the healing routine ...)The recovery story is amazing enough on its own, but then the author takes us on an adventure filled with family, friends and road trips. There are none of the "feel good," man fulfills his bucket-list cliches like in other books. Instead, there are great mini-narratives and vignettes about life on the road, meditations on nature and interesting philosophical thoughts that connect the past, present and future for the author.Overall, the book is stimulating, filled with adventure and well-written. There are photographs, maps, medical drama, astronomical meditations and ... Wrinkles. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in a book about an outstanding medical recovery mixed with a kind of Emerson-esque Waldon on the Road quality.