Lois on the Loose: One Woman, One Motorcycle, 20,000 Miles Across the Americas

by Lois Pryce

Book Overview

Lois Pryce was working at the BBC in London, firmly set on the career track. But unbeknownst to her coworkers, Lois was leading a parallel life as well, that of a biker babe with an overwhelming case of wanderlust, one that couldn't be satisfied by a weekend holiday. Her days in a cubicle were numbered, and it wasn't long before she was back on her bike and looking for adventure. Armed only with the Spanish words for "caution" and "cheese," Lois set...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312352212
• ISBN13: 9780312352219
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

delightfully witty!

Even as a non-rider, I was able to relate to this gal's experiences throughout every phase of the journey. She is so-o WITTY and funny. Honestly, she should just become a writer in her off-time. I thoroughly enjoyed this book which was a gift.

a must read even for the non reader

I'm not a big book reader, too much riding or other things to do. This book, I just couldn't put it down! What an adventure, I want Louis to go on another trip. This book has excitement and disapointments. If you have ever gone on a bike trip, you can relate to Louis with either someone she traveled with, or it makes you see yourself in how she explains her companions. Louis- if you are out there, YOU GO GIRL!!!!!

Lois on the Loose

I really liked this book. It was a light, easy read, & I almost finished it in one sitting -- didn't want to put it down. Lois sounds like a really great person -- someone you'd like to meet, but I know there isn't much chance of that. I wished for a few more specific details about the places she passed through, as well as more photos & maps. I read the book as research for a similar trip. I look forward to any other things she has written. Thank you.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Really, my only real criticism of this book is the really bad cover design. But heeding the advice from my wise father, I cracked open the cover and began reading giving the author fifty pages to capture my attention; it took Pryce far less time. Within the first few pages I had laughed out loud half a dozen times, was entirely engrossed and had added "SuperBri" to my lexicon! This is the fourth book I've read that details an adventurous motorcyclists attempt to ride to Ushuaia, the southern most city in the Western Hemisphere, but Pryce's version has captured the fun factor better than the competition. Finding humor and irony in just about everything she faces, I giggled and grinned my way from Alaska to Argentina, grew anxious over the state of disrepair or her bike and took comfort in the fact that she surely must have survived because who else would have written her book. Pryce does a brilliant job of describing the world she is traveling though, with comical prose that is fun and easy to read and where so many of these stories strive to come to some deep, thought-out, life-lesson learned, Pryce simply expresses the desire to return to the comforts of home and reveal the desire to begin her next big adventure (which, by the way, is riding through Africa according to her website). I only wish she would have taken a few more photo's. In any case, this should be on the shelf of any moto-adventure geek who hopes to someday take more than a week or two to wander about on ones motorcycle.

Great read!

As a fellow female rider and XT225 owner, I anxiously awaited my advance-ordered book to arrive - and for good reason!! It's not every day I read a book that makes me laugh out loud, feel the pure joy, frustration, anger, calm, loneliness, nod my head knowingly, AND make me think, "Wow, never would have thought to make THOSE arrangments." Actually, I dont think she ever felt anger, but I did FOR her at a few points in the book. LOL Kudos to Lois for her fantastic journey and great writing style.