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Overall, I enjoyed this, but it is very much Loretta‘s story from her point of view written at the height of her career and also a specific time in history. I especially enjoyed learning about her young life and how she got started performing. I did find it interesting to read in some reviews/articles that it seems she was a couple years older than she claims when she got married.

#audiobook #memoir #nonfiction

Re-released but aside from the new introduction, I had to keep reminding myself that it's written from a 1976 perspective mid career (several things made me cringe just because the way something is described or such is so different then what is expected today). Marriage at 13 and four babies by 18 is 😩 bad enough but then she mentions Do, her husband, took naked photos of her young teenage body that they still have under...

Goodbye Loretta .RIP😢

I‘ve always been curious about this book. Her stories of childhood capture a certain disconnection and poverty that doesn‘t exist in the US anymore. (I‘m guessing kids in Butcher Holler get on TikTok now.) That said, I‘m not sure if the folksiness of the book was made better or worse on audio. The tone and verbiage is conversational but so country as to be annoying even to this Kentuckian. I‘m glad I read it, but it was still just okay. ⬇️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lynn has a conversational style which feels very genuine and honest. I like that in a memoir. This was published back in 1976 near the height of her fame. She grew up in the Kentucky hills, married at age 13, had lots of babies, and with the urging of her sometimes wayward husband “Doolittle” Lynn, she ultimately succeeded in becoming one of the biggest stars in country music. Some of the language is dated, but it‘s obvs she meant well.

1. My Grammie bought me two 45s to play on her record player when I was little: Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys by Waylon Jennings and Lay Down Sally by Eric Clapton.
2. The love of my 3 children! ❤️❤️❤️

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I liked the first half of the book much better, as it focused more on her home life – growing up poor, her father working in a coal mine; marrying at 14-years old... Sissy Spacek was perfect to narrate the audio! So, overall, I‘m rating it good (3.5 stars) with an extra quarter star for Sissy Spacek

I‘m not very familiar with Loretta Lynn‘s music, but I really needed a book that #featuresamusician for #booked2019 and #writtenbyamusician for #pop19. This one looked most promising. The audio is read by Sissy Spacek and is excellent. Some of the stuff was hard to believe, like Loretta getting married at 13 and being a grandma at 29, but overall it was an enjoyable book. Now I‘m off to listen to some Loretta Lynn!

Was in Nashville where Loretta Lynn is prominently featured & realized I‘d never read her book. Glad I did even though it was a lil strange. No narrative arc at all. Has no education, but has obvious wisdom in many ways. Was hard to read about her marriage because she accepted things I never could. I related to her as a working mom. She says she‘s not a women‘s libber, but she is clearly feminist whether she accepts that or not. I wish she did.

@bookwrm526 Brought back some memories with one of her reviews. I had to pull out my well-worn copy and one I've picked up along the way.

I have to say, I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did. I am a country music fan, and I have long loved her songs though I've never been able to attend a concert. As this has a co-writer, I didn't expect it to be as clearly her voice as it was, and that's really what made it. #LitsyReadingChallenge #LRC18 #musicamdtheater @jessica (image from web)

I think this is about as good as I'll get. I've never actually read anything with a character who has my name. #Riotgrams #characterwhosharesyourname

Loretta Lynn's tour bus minus the driver's part.

Loretta Lynn falls asleep while one of the world's greatest second-wave feminists is talking during a TV show appearance!

Housemate lent this to me months ago and finally have a chance to start it.