Coal Miner's Daughter ~ original 1976 version

Coal Miner's Daughter ~ by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey, 1976, memoir, 226 pages

Loretta Lynn shared her astonishing journey to become one of the original queens of country music.  She grew up dirt poor in the mountains of Kentucky, was married at thirteen years old, and became a mother soon after.

When she was 24, her husband (Doo) gave her a guitar as an anniversary present.  She soon began penning songs and singing in front of honky-tonk audiences.  Through years of hard work, talent, and true grit, she made her way to the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, where she eventually secured her place in country music history.

Her prolific songwriting made her the first woman to receive a gold record in country music, and she was named the first female Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association.  In this memoir, she shared the highs and lows on her road to success.

I'm not into country music, but this memoir sounded good.  So I put it on reserve at my library.  Here's some information I found on Wikipedia:  Loretta Lynn was an American country music singer and songwriter.  In a career spanning six decades, she released multiple gold albums.  She had numerous hits such as:

• I'm a Honky Tonk Girl
• Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'
• One's on the Way
• Coal Miner's Daughter

She was born on April 14, 1932 in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky; and she died on October 4, 2022 in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.  She was married to Oliver Lynn from 1948 until he died in 1996 and had six children.