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Carregando... Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir (2015)de Lily Brooks-Dalton
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oWhat the PCT is to Cheryl Strayed, the open road is to Brooks-Dalton.o-Cosmopolitana A powerful memoir about a young woman whose passion for motorcycles leads her down a road all her own.At twenty-one-years-old, Lily Brooks-Dalton is feeling lost; returning to New England after three and a half years traveling overseas, she finds herself unsettled, unattached, and without the drive to move forward. When a friend mentions buying a motorcycle, Brooks-Dalton is intrigued and inspired. Before long she is diving headlong into the world of gearheads, reconsidering her surroundings through the visor of a motorcycle helmet, and beginning a study of motion that will help her understand her own trajectory. Her love for these powerful machines starts as a diversion, but as she continues riding and maintaining her own motorcycles, she rediscovers herself, her history, and her momentum. Forced to confront her limitations-new and old, real and imagined-Brooks-Dalton learns focus, patience, and how to navigate life on the road. As she builds confidence, both on her bike and off, she begins to find her way, ultimately undertaking an ambitious ride that leaves her strengthened, revitalized, and prepared for whatever comes next. Honest and lyrical, raw and thoughtful,aMotorcycles I've Lovedais a bold portrait of one young woman's empowering journey of independence and determination. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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She also misuses the word "literally" - an argument could be made that saying "the bowls literally covered the table" is colloquial, people misuse the word all the time in conversation so that its meaning is changing, it is "natural language" - but I disagree. It's sloppy writing. There were several other similar instances where I started to get the feeling that Brooks-Dalton was writing this under contract, and her contract stipulated a specific word count. The book feels padded. Like a long, meandering ride on a motorcycle: mostly pleasant, but also a bit boring, and you start to feel stiff and achey after reading for too long.
I picked this book up because I was smitten with her writing from a short essay she wrote in the New York Times. Based on that essay, I'd say she's a good writer, but after reading this ... I'm hoping her fiction is tighter, more succinct. ( )