num_pages: 304
description: Debra Marquart grew up on a farm in rural North Dakota—on 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 unheard–of opportunities as a rock musician, poet, and English teacher." — Chicago Sun–Times
language: English
title: The Horizontal World: Growing Up in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir
titlecomplete: The Horizontal World: Growing Up in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir
genres: Biography, Nature, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 523
places: Napoleon, North Dakota
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Counterpoint