Debra Marquart's 'The Horizontal World'

In Napoleon, North Dakota, the winters are long and cold. The summers are short and hot and, for farm kids, hard. Debra Marquart grew up on a third generation family farm outside Napoleon - steering the tractor from the time she was five, wrestling with boys in the endless wheat fields, dreaming of escape.

Now, Marquart has written a beautiful memoir called "The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle Of Nowhere." It's about farm girls and farm boys and a father caught in a passionate, devastating affair with the family land. It's about breaking away from the work of generations, and looking back with a torn heart.

Hear a conversation with Debra Marquart about the Great Plains, the Horizontal World, and growing up wild.

Guests:

Debra Marquart, author of "The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere."