{"product_id":"9781483547510","title":"The Girl On Bike: A Mountain Bike, A Mid-Life Adventure and Men in Shorts","description":"“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.","brand":"BookBaby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142020710640,"sku":"9781483547510","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483547510_p0.jpg?v=1763630389","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483547510","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}