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lauren708's review
4.0
A nice, quick read. Rather short and I'd love to see one about her life since 1976, but still a fascinating telling of her life until then in her own words.
kinoshawk's review
3.0
About 15 chapters too long. Movie definitely better than the book. Read the first half, and then last 2 chapters.
christopherwilson13's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting read from a woman full of contradictions. Deeply devoted to a husband that seemed pretty shitty a lot of the time, pushing for equal pay for women and writing songs like "The Pill" while decrying feminism, a lot of "Aw shucks, I'm just a girl from the holler" while doing some pretty savvy business moves and building a vacation house on the Mexican coast. Maybe most representative is the section where she writes about her wish of having an all-female backing band, says people said it wouldn't work, and then hiring zero women for the band.
Lot of namedropping and cameos, which is exactly what I'm looking for in these, thanks. Really enjoyed the late chapter that's just a tiktok of a few days on tour. Also funny how much the stuff written half a century ago about the business of country music and how it's male-dominated holds up just fine today.
Lot of namedropping and cameos, which is exactly what I'm looking for in these, thanks. Really enjoyed the late chapter that's just a tiktok of a few days on tour. Also funny how much the stuff written half a century ago about the business of country music and how it's male-dominated holds up just fine today.
novelesque_life's review
3.0
3 STARS
"Born in 1935 into abject poverty, married at age thirteen, and a grandmother by age twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one of the most prolific and influential singers in modern country music. The first woman to be named the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year, Lynn boasts sixteen #1 singles, fifteen #1 albums, and sixty other hits including “Honky Tonk Girl,” “Before I’m Over You, “ “The Pill,” and “After the Fire Is Gone. “ Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter, a bestseller and the basis of the Oscar-winning film, is the intimate, revealing story of her journey from eastern Kentucky to Nashville to stardom to legend—told in her own voice, which rings as clear, natural, and powerful as the best of her songs." (From Amazon)
This is the book that is the basis for the Sissy Spacek movie by the same name. Loretta Lynn is funny, honest and country in this memoir.
"Born in 1935 into abject poverty, married at age thirteen, and a grandmother by age twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one of the most prolific and influential singers in modern country music. The first woman to be named the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year, Lynn boasts sixteen #1 singles, fifteen #1 albums, and sixty other hits including “Honky Tonk Girl,” “Before I’m Over You, “ “The Pill,” and “After the Fire Is Gone. “ Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner’s Daughter, a bestseller and the basis of the Oscar-winning film, is the intimate, revealing story of her journey from eastern Kentucky to Nashville to stardom to legend—told in her own voice, which rings as clear, natural, and powerful as the best of her songs." (From Amazon)
This is the book that is the basis for the Sissy Spacek movie by the same name. Loretta Lynn is funny, honest and country in this memoir.
kandicez's review
5.0
Her story is so great! From the outside, she looks like an overnight success, but there is a lot of poverty, heartache, and flat out work behind her success story. She is breathtakingly honest, and very true to who she is.
whitneydrew's review
3.0
Decent memoir about Loretta Lynn. Her time growing up in Kentucky was interesting.
amandadelbrocco's review against another edition
This is not the most well written book, but she definitely made that clear in the introduction. I didn’t know much about Loretta Lynn prior to reading this and she has really had an interesting life. The beginning of the book where she discussed her early childhood was the best part in my opinion.
lostwanderer's review against another edition
5.0
Love the story, but she does get too woe as me by the end.