
She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs
Sarah Smarsh
Explores how the music of Dolly Parton and other prominent women country artists has both reflected and validated the harsh realities of rural working-class American women.
Buy this book at AmazonAd- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2021
- ISBN-13
- 9781982157296
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Dolly PartonWorking-class womenCountry music
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2020)
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