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Forty-nine and single.
Fired from her lifelong passion: teaching music.
Stripped of her self-worth.
Can Joanne reclaim her life through bicycle racing?
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Pedal is part sports book, part family drama and part romance, but mostly it's a journey of self-discovery and reawakening.
It is a contemporary story that deals with life’s turning points and how ordinary people handle them.
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Joanne Brick's thirty years as an elementary school music teacher evaporate into the rising sea of layoffs. A lifetime of dedication gone. At forty-nine, single, with an ailing mom and bitter divorced sister, the future looks bleak. Family relationships sour as conversations move to "the lettuce zone"—cold and crisp.
While cleaning out the garage for a yard sale, inspiration strikes as Joanne dusts off an old long-forgotten bicycle. She takes her first ride and realizes it is time to sink or pedal.
“Onward! That was the answer that had eluded her earlier. There was dignity in that word. There was hope.”
Never a sports fanatic and sorely out of shape, Joanne is barely able to ride straight. Despite this, she takes up bicycle racing because it adds purpose to her life.
“Joanne increased her own speed. The wind whipped her face. The whirring of the spinning spokes and chains rose in pitch as she spun faster. She was flying again, beyond failed careers, spurned lovers, regrets, and mistakes. She spun even quicker. Her breath came in swift, hard grunts.”
She cycles past unemployment, failed relationships, family drama, and career loss. Her life begins to fill with new friends; a hardened, but inspirational Desert Storm vet turned cycling coach, and a sleek new physique from all the training. Then she runs into a brick wall in the form of Sheila Dominary, a ferocious cycling adversary.
Will Joanne regain her confidence as she pedals toward redemption, romance, adventure, and life beyond unemployment?
While cleaning out the garage for a yard sale, inspiration strikes as Joanne dusts off an old long-forgotten bicycle. She takes her first ride and realizes it is time to sink or pedal.
“Onward! That was the answer that had eluded her earlier. There was dignity in that word. There was hope.”
Never a sports fanatic and sorely out of shape, Joanne is barely able to ride straight. Despite this, she takes up bicycle racing because it adds purpose to her life.
“Joanne increased her own speed. The wind whipped her face. The whirring of the spinning spokes and chains rose in pitch as she spun faster. She was flying again, beyond failed careers, spurned lovers, regrets, and mistakes. She spun even quicker. Her breath came in swift, hard grunts.”
She cycles past unemployment, failed relationships, family drama, and career loss. Her life begins to fill with new friends; a hardened, but inspirational Desert Storm vet turned cycling coach, and a sleek new physique from all the training. Then she runs into a brick wall in the form of Sheila Dominary, a ferocious cycling adversary.
Will Joanne regain her confidence as she pedals toward redemption, romance, adventure, and life beyond unemployment?
