The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir

"If you’ve read even one sentence about Neko Case’s memoir of growing up and into her life’s work as a singer-songwriter, you know her family story has a mind-blowing twist. No spoilers here! The narrative of her difficult, often materially deprived youth is gripping, but what makes this book exceptional is the way Case writes about a creative mind finding – in nature, among steadfast friends and fellow baby rock and rollers, through solitude and small rebellions – a growing determination to speak, not only for herself, but for all the vulnerable creatures who make up her extended chosen family. Her prose is golden and gloriously ragged and deeply alive, like her songs."