Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson

AnnieLee is on the run to Nashville, determined to make it big, stealing a truck on the way and willing to sleep rough. While she has talent, she also has a past, and it's one that determined to catch up to her. Ethan is a musician who sees her in a bar and can't forget …

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Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn with George Vecsey

With the help of George Vecsey, Loretta Lynn wrote the story of her life 1976. It was a huge bestseller and has never been out of print. It was made into a film in 1980, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones, and last year marked the 40th anniversary of that film. (I have a …

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She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh

I love Dolly Parton. She's such an original and such a bright spark of honesty and kindness. She's funny, she's smart, she makes fun of herself and handles it brilliantly when others make fun of her. She never talks badly about others and has even been known to offer a helping hand to people who …

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Poet Of The Wrong Generation by Lonnie Ostrow

A fable of stardom's rewards. It's the 90's in New York, and Johnny Elias is deeply in love with Megan Price, the beautiful daughter of wealthy PR and snob, Katherine. Watching a concert in Central Park with Megan and his best friend Andy, they're perfectly happy. But everything is about to change. Katherine thinks that …

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