ABOUT THE EVENT + TICKETS:

• This in-person event will include a 1-hour discussion plus audience Q&A. 

• Tickets cost $37.25 and include a seat at the event + 1 signed hardcover copy of the book, distributed at the event. 

• All tickets include a pre-signed copy of the book. No entry-only/companion tickets, sorry!

• Event is open seating. Doors open an hour before showtime.

• Books uncollected at the event will be held at Bookshop Santa Cruz for two months, after which they will be released for donation.

• Tickets are final sale and do not qualify for Readers Club credit.

• This event is cosponsored by Streetlight Records and The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz. 

Thank you! We can't wait to see you at the event!

ABOUT THE BOOK + AUTHOR:

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.

"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