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Indie-rock artist Neko Case opens up about her childhood in a new memoir

Indie-rock artist Neko Case opens up about her childhood in a new memoir

NPR's Book of the Day · NPR

February 13, 20258m 41s

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Singer-songwriter Neko Case of The New Pornographers band has just released a memoir titled The Harder I Fight the More I Love You. While the book touches on her time with the Canadian indie-rock group, Case's memoir focuses more on her upbringing – she opens up about her complex relationship with her mother, who faked her own death when Case was young. In today's episode, Case speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about tracing her own family history, allowing room for rage, and seeing forgiveness not as an act, but an organic state of being.

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