"A shattered-mirror insight into the bizarre world of hitting things with sticks." -- Neil Peart, bestselling author, lyricist and drummer for Rush "By turns reflective and dramatic, poignant and hilarious, Sticking It Out offers an irresistible portrait of the artist as a young percussionist." --San Francisco Chronicle When Patti Niemi was ten years old, all the children in her school music class lined up...