The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild In the Middle of Nowhere BN_Top_100 A recipient of the prestigious

A recipient of the prestigious Nami Concours prize

even in the face of death

This chorus includes the muses of visceral realism

she is trying to find a way to protect her little brothers above all else

to make our older years a time of happiness

The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild In the Middle of Nowhere BN_Top_100 A recipient of the prestigiousDebra Marquart grew up on a farm in rural North Dakotaon land her family had worked for generations. From the earliest age she knew she wanted out; surely life had more to offer than this unyielding daily grind, she thought. But she was never able to abandon it completely. "[A] rich memoir, set in North Dakota, about growing up on and escaping from a family farm for a future that held once unheardof opportunities as a rock musician, poet, and English