God Rides a Yamaha: Musings on pain, poetry, and pop culture is a collection of essays that will grab your heart and evoke your senses, as you travel with Kathy Shaidle in her journey after she was diagnosed with lupus.Her writing has been called "cerebral, seductive and funny." It is "Filled T.S. Eliot-like with literary, religious and political allusions."
Kathy Shaidle has been publishing poetry, fiction, essays and reviews since 1984. Her work has appeared in Seventeen, The London Free Press, America, The Catholic New Times and Anthologies. She is currently a columnist for the Sunday Toronto Star's "Body & Soul" section. She has won five awards including Best National columnist and Most Outstanding Writer. She was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythamatosis (SLE) in 1991.
These musings address the haunting question at the center of all existence: WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT ANYWAY? Kathy Shaidle can't figure it out either, but she writes brilliantly, unsparingly, unforgettably.
Malcolm Card, Atlantic BaptistThis small book which expresses the raw feelings that accompany Shaidle's struggle to figure out her role in life and how God fits into all the things that are happening to her.
This book offers a great window into the soul of a young, searching, post modern Canadian woman
Stephen Beecroft, The Stoney Creek NewsGod Rides a Yamaha probably describes how Kathy and her generation (she was born in 1964) view God. And life. And problems. And everything else. Kathy's writing is fresh and her style is very easy to read. And she's brutally honest. God Rides a Yamaha is highly recommended.