Motorcycles I've Loved: A Memoir

“WhatthePCTistoCherylStrayed,theopenroadistoBrooks-Dalton.”—CosmopolitanApowerfulmemoiraboutayoungwomanwhosepassionformotorcyclesleadsherdownaroadallherown.Attwenty-one-years-old,LilyBrooks-Daltonisfeelinglost;returningtoNewEnglandafterthreeandahalfyearstravelingoverseas,shefindsherselfunsettled,unattached,andwithoutthedrivetomoveforward.Whenafriendmentionsbuyingamotorcycle,Brooks-Daltonisintriguedandinspired.Beforelongsheisdivingheadlongintotheworldofgearheads,reconsideringhersurroundingsthroughthevisorofamotorcyclehelmet,andbeginningastudyofmotionthatwillhelpherunderstandherowntrajectory.Herloveforthesepowerfulmachinesstartsasadiversion,butasshecontinuesridingandmaintainingherownmotorcycles,sherediscoversherself,herhistory,andhermomentum.Forcedtoconfrontherlimitations—newandold,realandimagined—Brooks-Daltonlearnsfocus,patience,andhowtonavigatelifeontheroad.Asshebuildsconfidence,bothonherbikeandoff,shebeginstofindherway,ultimatelyundertakinganambitiousridethatleavesherstrengthened,revitalized,andpreparedforwhatevercomesnext.Honestandlyrical,rawandthoughtful,MotorcyclesI’veLovedisaboldportraitofoneyoungwoman’sempoweringjourneyofindependenceanddetermination.