Soul Rider

It’s Not What You Think It Is — It’s Better!

I admit I bought this book because I wanted a woman’s perspective. Carolyn not only did that, she went way past a mere “how I toured America on a Harley” pulp to deliver a true gripping tale of her coming to terms with her life, with men, with riding, with storms (OK, she never did learn her lesson there), and most of all, with fear. She’s honest, funny, but sometimes a tad too philosophical. Halfway into the book I started thinking of her as a female Bob Higdon. Both are “recovering attorneys,” both love to ride alone, both can write, and both have a gift of seeing people in their best, and worst, light and putting that light to paper. I took away one star because the ending came too quick, as in “here we are 2/3rds of the trip complete and I made it home and found happiness and — The End. What? Huh? That said, get the book. Read it, enjoy it, whether you are make or female, rider or non-rider, happily married or bitterly divorced. You will get a lot out of Carolyn’s writing.