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The Harder I Fight the More I Love You
A Memoir
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By Neko Case
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From 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).
Neko Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl “raised by two dogs and a space heater” in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally-acclaimed talent.In luminous, sharp-edged prose, Case shows readers what it’s 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 monotony and loneliness and joy that comes from music, camaraderie, and shared experience into art.
THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU 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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“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.”Maggie Smith, New York Times bestselling author of You Could Make This Place Beautiful
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"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."New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean
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"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."Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
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"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."Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch
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"This book, like everything Neko Case touches, is a work of art — full of moments that kaleidoscope your view of the world into something new. Heartbreaking and honest and raw, THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU is a testament to the fact that this artist, like her music, was born from the fire."Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions for You
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"The gift of Neko Case as a memoirist mirrors the gift of Neko Case as a songwriter: there is a warmth of clarity, of language selection, of narrative flourish. This book reads, and feels, as if you are on a porch with an old friend, telling you stories you've heard a hundred times, but cannot wait to hear once more."Hanif Abdurraqib, author of #1 National Bestseller There's Always This Year
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“With equal doses of grit and self-compassion, Case delivers a riveting autobiography that will fascinate even those who’ve never heard her music.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Case has a songwriter’s gift for potent imagery…That imagination and wit speak to the other prevailing theme in the memoir, the element that gives it a lift: Case’s observations of her hard-won resilience.”Kirkus (starred review)
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“Case shares a raw and inspiring heroine’s journey.”Booklist Reviews
- On Sale
- Jan 28, 2025
- Page Count
- 288 pages
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- ISBN-13
- 9781538710500
Meet Neko Case on Her Book Tour
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Symphony Space (in-partnership with B&N)
Beloved musician Neko Case launches her memoir in conversation with Samantha Bee.
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway, New York, NY 10025
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Books Are Magic (off-site event at the First Unitarian Congregational Society)
Beloved musician Neko Case discusses her new memoir.
119 Pierrepont St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Princeton Library/McCarter Center (in-partnership with Labyrinth Books)
An Evening with Neko Case – an author event presented in association with Labyrinth Books and Princeton Public Library.
Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540
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Sixth & I
Beloved musician Neko Case discusses her new memoir in conversation with Hanna Rosin.
600 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
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OZ Arts (in-partnership with Parnassus Books)
Neko Case, author of The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, in conversation with Ann Powers.
6172 Cockrill Bend Circle, Nashville. TN
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The Tara (in-partnership with A Cappella Books)
An evening with Neko Case at The Tara – THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU book talk and signing.
2345 Cheshire Bridge Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30324
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Toronto Public Library (in-partnership with Queen Books)
Grammy-nominated musician Neko Case in conversation with Sook Yin-Lee.
789 Yonge St 2nd floor, Toronto, ON Canada
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The Studebaker Theater (in-partnership with Exile in Bookville)
Neko Case will take the Studebaker Theater stage to discuss her new book, The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir.
410 South Michigan Avenue Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL 60605
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Town Hall Seattle (in-partnership with Elliott Bay Books)
Grammy-nominated musician Neko Case discusses her new memoir.
The Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
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Revolution Hall (in-partnership with Powell’s Books)
Beloved musician Neko Case discusses her new memoir in conversation with Tucker Martine.
1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97214
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The Rio Theater (in-partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz)
Bookshop Santa Cruz presents: Neko Case | THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU.
1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
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Sidney Goldstein Theatre (City Arts & Lectures in-partnership with Books, Inc.)
Beloved musician Neko Case discusses her new memoir in conversation with Hanif Abdurraqib.
275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA 94102
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First Congregational Church (Writers Bloc Presents in partnership with Book Soup)
Writers Bloc and Book Soup Present Neko Case.
540 S Commonwealth Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90020
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