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Honky Tonk Girl

By Loretta Lynn

By Loretta Lynn

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Hardcover $40.00

Apr 03, 2012 | ISBN 9780307594891

Honky Tonk Girl by Loretta Lynn
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Apr 03, 2012 | ISBN 9780307594891

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About Honky Tonk Girl

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.

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About Loretta Lynn

LORETTA LYNN was the first woman to be named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. She has had sixteen number-one singles, fifteen number-one albums, and countless other hit records. She died in 2022.

Product Details

Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Music

Hardcover | $40.00
Published by Knopf
Apr 03, 2012 | 240 Pages | 8 x 10-7/8 | ISBN 9780307594891
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“Honky Tonk Girl, in presenting the lyrics, the great pictures, and moving memories that together knit up the tapestry of her life, stands testament to both that life and to the career of a great artist…. Loretta Lynn tells us her secrets in the pages of Honky Tonk Girl. Having already told her life story in the memoir Coal Miner’s Daughter, here Ms. Lynn concentrates on her body of work and the many songs…. Honky Tonk Girl gives us the full story of Ms. Lynn’s career as a songwriter.” —New York Journal of Books

“Despite a host of accolades and decades on the stage, she remains a humble songwriter with a big heart and a gift for observant storytelling. This selection of some of country music’s best-loved songs is a fine tribute to an American icon.” —Publishers Weekly

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