Book Review: Coal Miner’s Daughter

 

Coal Miner's Daughter

by Loretta Lynn; George Vescey

Grand Central Publishing 

 Biographies & Memoirs 

Pub Date 16 Feb 2021

I am reviewing a copy of Coal Miner’s Daughter through Grand Central Publishing and Netgalley:

Coal Miners Daughter was Reissued for the 40th Anniversary of the Oscar-winning, Sissy Spacek-starring film of the same name.   The Coal Miner’s Daughter tells the astonishing journey of Loretta Lynn’s road to become one of the original queens of country music.  Loretta grew up dirt poor in the mountains of Kentucky, she was married when she was only thirteen, came a Mother a short time after.  When she was twenty four her her husband, Doo, gave her a guitar as an anniversary present.

Soon after Doo gave her the guitar as a gift , she began penning songs and singing in front of honky-tonk audiences, and, through years of hard work, talent, and true grit, eventually made her way to Nashville, the Grand Ole Opry, eventually securing her place in country music history.  Loretta's prolific and influential songwriting made her the first woman to receive a gold record in country music, and got her named the first female Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. 

If you are looking for an inspiring biography about  one of Country Music’s greatest female artist of all time, I highly recommend Coal Miner’s Daughter.

I give Coal Miner’s Daughter five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!