{"product_id":"harley-and-me-embracing-risk-on-the-road-to-a-more-authentic-life-paperback","title":"Harley and Me: Embracing Risk On the Road to a More Authentic Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernadette Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bernadette Murphy's luminous book shows us how to take risks that make us fierce and vulnerable, knowing that true strength is about being generous as much as it is about not giving in.\" --Emily Rapp Black, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Still Point of the Turning World and Poster Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happens when women in midlife step out of what's predictable? For Bernadette Murphy, learning to ride a motorcycle at forty-eight becomes the catalyst that transforms her from a settled wife and professor with three teenage children into a woman on her own. The confidence she gained from mastering a new skill and conquering her fears gave her the courage to face deeper issues in her own life and start taking risks. It is a fact that men and women alike become more risk averse in our later years --which according to psychologists and neuroscience is exactly what we should not do. And Murphy stresses that while hers is a story of transformation using a physical risk, emotional and educational risks can serve the same beneficial purpose for other women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMurphy uses her own story to explore the larger idea of how risk changes our brain chemistry, how certain personality types embrace dangerous behavior and why it energizes them, and why women's expectations change once estrogen levels drop after the childbearing years. She also explores the idea of women and risk in pop culture--why there are so few stories of the conquering heroine (instead of hero). Surely Thelma and Louise driving off the cliff should not be our only pop culture reference for women finding true freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith scientific research and journalistic interviews weaving through a page-turning, road trip narrative, \u003ci\u003eHarley and Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling look at how one woman changed her life and found deeper meaning out on the open road.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBernadette Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e has published three books of creative nonfiction: \u003ci\u003eThe Tao Gals' Guide to Real Estate\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michelle Huneven); \u003ci\u003eThe Knitter's Gift\u003c\/i\u003e; and the bestselling Zen and the Art of Knitting (2002) in which she uses memoir and reportage to explore the connection between fiber arts, creativity, and spirituality. She served for six years as a weekly book critic for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her personal narratives and essays on literature have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nervous Breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManifest Station\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOOK Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMs. Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She currently serves as core faculty in creative nonfiction at the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA program. Learn more at bernadette-murphy.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48718512259320,"sku":"9781619029453","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/oiJ6z8i7zR9781619029453.webp?v=1780206627","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/harley-and-me-embracing-risk-on-the-road-to-a-more-authentic-life-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}