false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166501691m/12409.jpg 12409 1 reaking the Limit is one woman's account of riding her motorcycle from New Jersey to Alaska and back. Realizing that years of work and travel in other people's countries made her a stranger in her own, and with an invitation to meet her biological father for the first time, Karen Larsen set out on a fifteen-thousand-mile trip with nothing but her motorcycle and the barest of essentials. Larsen's journey tests the limits of her own endurance, challenges her long-held beliefs and values, and asks what it means to belong to a family. Through the the fields of Iowa and the deserts of the Southwest, over the Rockies and across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Larsen confronts questions of femininity, family, independence, and personal identity. Her journey speaks to the immense space and over-whelming beauty of North America, as well as to the diversity and vitality of the people she meets along the way. Breaking the Limit invites you to join her as she braces against the wind, trades security for freedom, sacrifices stability for motion, and opens herself up to the vast canopy of a continent. 14711 7 7 2004 Breaking the Limit: One Woman's Motorcycle Journey Through North America total:14|5:2|4:4|3:3|2:5| 14 45 32 5 4 0 false false Mon Jun 23 21:23:57 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 21:30:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jan 10 16:56:20 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 16:37:54 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 20:05:57 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 20:08:45 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Oct 09 07:37:07 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 09 07:37:07 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Apr 07 20:19:11 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 20:19:37 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Oct 04 09:19:31 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 09:19:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 11:59:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 11:59:15 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jun 12 05:22:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 05:22:32 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 11 12:42:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:42:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 19 08:48:23 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 08:48:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 21:43:10 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 21:45:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 17 21:37:01 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 21:37:01 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 21 14:47:31 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 15:38:13 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 14:47:31 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 13 23:13:08 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 23:13:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 07 10:49:54 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 10:50:03 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Dec 28 12:03:45 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 12:03:45 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 26 02:29:25 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 02:29:28 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 25 09:55:27 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 09:55:27 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 16:12:48 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 16:12:48 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 03 07:59:55 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 03 07:59:55 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=12409