num_pages: 240
description: One of the most beloved country music stars of all time gives us the first collection of her lyrics and in her own words tells the stories that inspired her most popular songs such as Coal Miner's Daughter Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' and of course I'm a Honky Tonk Girl. Loretta Lynn's rags-to-riches story--from her hardscrabble childhood in Butcher Holler Kentucky through her marriage to Oliver Doolittle Lynn when she was thirteen to her dramatic rise to the top of the charts--has resonated with countless fans throughout her more than fifty-year career. Now the anecdotes she shares here give us deeper insight into her life her collaborations her influences and how she pushed the boundaries of country music by discussing issues important to working-class women even when they were considered taboo. Readers will also get a rare look at the singer's handwritten lyrics and at personal photographs from her childhood of her family and of her performing life. Honky Tonk Girl: A Life in Lyrics is one more way for Lynn's fans--those who already love her and those who soon will--to know the heart and mind of this remarkable woman.
language: English
title: Honky Tonk Girl: My Life in Lyrics
publisher: Knopf