Girl On Bike (ePub)

"The boys teach me that being out here is what

matters and the rider with the dirtiest bike at the

end of the day probably had the most fun, and

the least fear. Out here on a dirty bike, I'm learning

that fear is my teacher. My fear helped me to

see that I needed a way out, a better way, to make

new choices for my happiness. It brought me here,

to the end of a sidewalk and to the beginning of a

new dirt path, inviting me to play."

-Colleen Hannegan

There comes a moment in everyone's life

when stepping out into the unknown seems much

safer than trying to survive a familiar place of pain

and struggle.

Such a moment arrived for Colleen Hannegan

when her deepest desires for happiness and freedom

forced her to run away from an increasingly violent

marriage.

Finding strength through the love of her family

and friends, Colleen discovers the way back to her

self when she takes a walk down to the end of the

sidewalk near her new apartment and steps onto the

dirt of a wilderness park.

In Girl On Bike, Colleen shares her intimate

journey of heartbreak and happiness when she buys

a mountain bike and learns to ride the trails of Aliso

and Woods Canyon Wilderness Park. Nature becomes

her go-to-place for exciting adventure, new friends,

emotional healing and romance.

Struggling to run her retail business alone,

fighting to maintain her self-respect through divorce

court and continual calls to the sheriff for protection,

Colleen rides the wilderness park each Sunday to

hold it all together.

The story of a girl on a bike will have you riding

along the single-track trails and wanting to discover

nature's magic elixir of your own, as you follow this

exciting story of one woman's unrelenting rides into the

truth she knows will set her free.

Every trail adventure takes you along the bumpy

rides of doubt and worry and fear to the top

of the mountain. From there, you'll learn

what the fellow riders who come to her

rescue, teach her about true friendship,

relationships and love.

Ride along with the Girl on Bike

and let her joy and triumphs fill your

heart with the courage to find your

way back home.