The Road Unpaved
Risa August
After a shocking diagnosis for a rare pituitary disease, and with her eighteen-year marriage in shambles, Risa's life has fallen far from picture-perfect. Recovering from brain surgery and desperate to get back to her former self, she signs up for the bike tour of a lifetime-six weeks from Canada to Mexico on the Pacific Coast Highway.
The old Risa could have done the ride in her sleep, but for the new Risa, trapped in a body that no longer feels like her own and stuck in the company of her brain tumor, Bubba, the ride becomes a challenge unlike anything she's ever faced.
As Risa pedals through rain, pain, and the ghosts of her memories, she wonders if the woman she once was will ever return or whether the new woman rising up in her place might just be the person she was meant to be all along.
A remarkable story of transformation and resilience, The Road Unpaved speaks to shifting gears to navigate life's roadblocks and live a life without limits-a life fully unleashed.
Duration - 6h 5m.
Author - Risa August.
Narrator - Risa August.
Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Risa August
Feather & Sage Press, SkyDance Mountain Audiobooks
English Audiobooks
INAudio Audiobooks
Description:
After a shocking diagnosis for a rare pituitary disease, and with her eighteen-year marriage in shambles, Risa's life has fallen far from picture-perfect. Recovering from brain surgery and desperate to get back to her former self, she signs up for the bike tour of a lifetime-six weeks from Canada to Mexico on the Pacific Coast Highway. The old Risa could have done the ride in her sleep, but for the new Risa, trapped in a body that no longer feels like her own and stuck in the company of her brain tumor, Bubba, the ride becomes a challenge unlike anything she's ever faced. As Risa pedals through rain, pain, and the ghosts of her memories, she wonders if the woman she once was will ever return or whether the new woman rising up in her place might just be the person she was meant to be all along. A remarkable story of transformation and resilience, The Road Unpaved speaks to shifting gears to navigate life's roadblocks and live a life without limits-a life fully unleashed. Duration - 6h 5m. Author - Risa August. Narrator - Risa August. Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:16
Foreword by Peggy MacArthur
Duration:00:03:05
1 Pedal Dammit (Now)
Duration:00:05:47
2 Not Crazy (Then)
Duration:00:10:02
3 Personalities (Now)
Duration:00:12:45
4 Bubba (Then)
Duration:00:07:52
5 Ferry (Now)
Duration:00:07:57
6 Martha Stewart Days (Then)
Duration:00:14:28
7 Century Ride (Now)
Duration:00:15:42
8 Pre Surgery To Do List (Then)
Duration:00:02:36
9 Can We say Fuck Already (Now)
Duration:00:11:25
10 Control (Then)
Duration:00:08:36
11 Sandpaper (Now)
Duration:00:13:01
12 Surgery (Then)
Duration:00:11:04
13 Social Media (Now)
Duration:00:05:39
14 Post-Op (Then)
Duration:00:14:20
15 Injection (Now)
Duration:00:09:21
16 Options (Then)
Duration:00:08:01
17 When It Rains (Now)
Duration:00:05:41
18 Sizzle (Then)
Duration:00:16:48
19 The Physicist (Now)
Duration:00:06:20
20 Talking Sticks (Then)
Duration:00:08:18
21 Questions (Now)
Duration:00:05:18
22 Mailbox (Then)
Duration:00:04:41
23 Doughnuts (Now)
Duration:00:06:04
24 Gumby (Then)
Duration:00:09:14
25 Manzanita (Now)
Duration:00:02:34
26 Jorge (Then)
Duration:00:09:02
27 Redwoods (Now)
Duration:00:04:59
28 Conference (Then)
Duration:00:08:01
29 Home (Now)
Duration:00:03:08
30 Inspiration (Then)
Duration:00:06:22
31 Tutus and Tiaras (Now)
Duration:00:03:09
32 Gluten-Free Pancakes (Then)
Duration:00:08:21
33 Others (Now)
Duration:00:03:38
34 Postponed (Then)
Duration:00:01:37
35 Sharing (Now)
Duration:00:04:07
36 Endings and Beginnings (Then)
Duration:00:06:30
37 Sunset (Now)
Duration:00:03:42
38 Roommates (Then)
Duration:00:07:33
39 What a Drag (Now)
Duration:00:07:36
40 Roller Coaster (Then)
Duration:00:05:05
41 San Francisco (Now)
Duration:00:05:32
42 Packing (Then)
Duration:00:05:25
43 Moxie (Now)
Duration:00:00:52
44 Bimmy Buffet (Then)
Duration:00:04:12
45 Big Sur (Now)
Duration:00:17:21
46 Big Sur Part II (Now)
Duration:00:05:08
47 Fire (Now)
Duration:00:05:15
48 The Wall (Now)
Duration:00:05:18
Epilogue (Two Years Later)
Duration:00:06:14
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:22