Over the past few months, I’ve been posting excerpts from my
recently published memoir, Bike Hunt, to our Defying Poverty with
Bicycles blog because each story shows how this simple machine can change a
person’s life. From the bright-pink girl’s BMX bike in Miami that I named
Peaches to Silver in San Antonio, these bike hunt stories capture the power of
bicycles.
All have the label “Bike Hunt” so you can easily find them. Click
here to find all nine tagged posts.
But Bike Hunt is
about more than giving away bikes. It is based on the disturbing time I spent
as director of a national nonprofit where bad group behavior took hold of
people I knew to be caring, passionate bike advocates. I capture my experience
at that nonprofit along with my encounters with other nonprofit leaders facing similar
distress. I wrap up the book with my analysis of what happened, having had ten
years to recover, learn, discuss, and think it through.
I often hear from readers that they loved the bike hunt
stories throughout the book, like the ones I shared on the other blog. Readers of
this blog, however, will find solace in the deeper story about nonprofits and
their common struggles. You can buy Bike
Hunt through any online book vendor worldwide (Amazon, Barnes & Noble,
etc.) or order it through your local book store. We also have copies for sale
at www.OneStreet.org.
Bike Hunt would
make a perfect Christmas gift for anyone who loves bikes and is passionate
about changing our world for the better.
Sue
