The Road UnpavedThe Road Unpaved

Pedal, damn it! -- Not crazy -- Personalities -- Bubba -- Ferry -- Martha Stewart Days -- Century ride -- Pre-surgery to-do list -- Can we say fuck already? -- Control -- Sandpaper -- Surgery -- Social media -- Post-op -- Injection -- Options -- When it rains -- Sizzle -- The physicist -- Talking sticks -- Questions -- Mailbox -- Donuts -- Gumby -- Manzanita -- Jorge -- Redwoods -- Conference -- Home -- Inspiration -- Tutus and tiaras -- Gluten-free pancakes -- Others -- Postponed -- Sharing -- Endings and beginnings -- Sunset -- Roommates -- What a drag -- Roller coaster -- San Francisco -- Packing -- Moxie -- Jimmy Buffet -- Big Sur -- Big Sur, part II -- Fire -- The wall.
"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 pain, rain 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"--Back cover.