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Learn moreFrom a beloved Grammy-nominated musician, a "heartbreaking and funny" memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desires, and indispensable friendships that reflects on the way art and music and a deep connection to nature guided her journey towards stardom (Maggie Smith, NYT bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful).聽
Neko Case has long been revered as one of music鈥檚 most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans.聽In聽THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU,聽Case聽brings her trademark聽candor and聽precision聽to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible聽girl 鈥渞aised by two dogs and a space heater鈥� in rural Washington state to聽her improbable emergence as an internationally-acclaimed talent.In luminous, sharp-edged prose, Case聽shows readers what it鈥檚 like to be left alone for hours and hours as a child, to take refuge in the woods around her home, and to channel the聽monotony and loneliness and joy that comes from music, camaraderie, and shared experience into art.
THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU聽is a rebellious meditation on identity and corruption, and a manifesto on how to make space for ourselves in this world, despite the obstacles we face.
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Singer, songwriter, music producer, visual artist, and writer聽Neko Case has built a career with her distinctive style and musical versatility. In addition to her numerous critically-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated solo records, Case is a founding member of The New Pornographers and has recorded a collaborative album with k.d. lang and Laura Veirs.聽She currently authors the popular bi-weekly Substack newsletter 鈥淓ntering the Lung鈥� and is writing the music for a high-profile Broadway production.
Singer, songwriter, music producer, visual artist, and writer聽Neko Case has built a career with her distinctive style and musical versatility. In addition to her numerous critically-acclaimed and Grammy-nominated solo records, Case is a founding member of The New Pornographers and has recorded a collaborative album with k.d. lang and Laura Veirs.聽She currently authors the popular bi-weekly Substack newsletter 鈥淓ntering the Lung鈥� and is writing the music for a high-profile Broadway production.
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Reviews
"This is a fierce, funny, moving memoir that will break your heart and patch it back up. Case's writing is as piercing and beautiful as her gorgeous singing, and will carry you away completely."鈥�i>New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean "A vivid, exuberant, heartrending coming-of-age story that demonstrates the saving power of art. This book captured me the way Case's songs do: with their ache and beauty and promise that the only way through this life is to feel it all."
鈥�i>Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism "I burned through this book in three feverish days, overcome by the spellcasting, storytelling, and pure song of Neko Case’s words. Here is one of the most remarkable people you will ever meet, on the page or otherwise: So honest, kind, funny, and tender—so human—you will fall in love if you haven’t already. A book not so much about the creation of an icon as it is about the lionhearted love Neko Case has for the whole damn world."
鈥�i>Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch “Reader, I really want to hand this book to you personally and tell you, in one excited rush, how much it moved me. THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU is a hell of an origin story: heartbreaking and funny, brave and weird, hard to swallow and impossible to put down. Neko Case has been my favorite singer-songwriter for many years, hands down, and now she’s written one of my favorite memoirs.”
鈥�i>Hanif Abdurraqib, author of #1 National Bestseller There's Always This Year Expand reviews