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- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
Musicians' Must-Read Memoirs I'm a biiiig memoir fan, and I love behind-the-scenes peeks. These six memoirs from musicians offer stories about the authors' lives, loves, and work, and they each Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality And feel free
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
Do you love reading memoirs like I do? Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year I'd love to hear: What are some of your favorite memoir reads?
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Memoir Love! In case you haven’t noticed yet, I have a major thing for memoirs, and I especially love listening to : Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing 01 Leaving the Witness
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
If you like memoirs, you might like the books I list on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year Have you read books about mortality--or memoirs that aren't on
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
Do you love memoirs like I do? Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality A few other memoirs on my This memoir was more than I'd hoped for.
- Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing Mortality
But I find a memoir about facing mortality fascinating. Other books on my to-read list that loosely fit within this category include: If you like memoirs, you might like the books I list on these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into and Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year (last year). 01 The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams In Yip-Williams's memoir, the subtitle of which
- Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing
Musicians' Memoirs I'm a biiiig memoir fan, and I love behind-the-scenes peeks. These six memoirs from musicians offer stories about the authors' lives, loves, and work, and they each : Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality 01 Songteller
- Review of Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
Zamora's memoir of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the United States without family at age nine perspective, which also serves to keep us focused on moment-by-moment sensations and concerns and makes the memoir
- Review of The Light of the World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander
I mentioned The Light of the World in my Greedy Reading List Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore. You might also be interested in the titles on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing
- Six Nonfiction and Memoir Reads I Loved in the Past Year
Into Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore And you can click here for other memoir titles and here for more nonfiction titles I've reviewed on Bossy Bookworm. What are some of your recent favorite nonfiction or memoir reads? 01 Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora Zamora's memoir of his grueling journey from El Salvador to the I listened to Henry Winkler read his irresistibly candid, funny, and poignant memoir.
- Review of Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young
and a front-row view of the misogyny and gaslighting she experienced in the military in this powerful memoir For more more more memoirs that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality
- Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore
More Memoirs I've Loved I find a good memoir irresistible, whether it's made up of key moments from the Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Powerful Memoirs about How many memoirs is too many memoirs, you may ask? Dear reader, the limit does not exist! Which other books should I add to my memoir to-read list?
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out
Memoir Love! In case you haven’t noticed yet, I have a major thing for memoirs, and I especially love listening to For more more more memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists : Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
- Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
:) I love a memoir, I love reading about people doing what they love, and I also love eating. Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Have you read any of these books? And which other books should I add to my food memoir to-read list?
- Review of Stay True: A Memoir by Hua Hsu
Hsu's memoir remembers his friend Ken, who was tragically killed during college. Stay True in order to cope with his loss, explore the concept of belonging, face his own grief, and memorialize Over the course of many years, the author sorted through his feelings and memories, cherishing a folder
- Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore
More Memoirs I've Loved I find a good memoir irresistible, as evidenced by the bajillions of memoirs : Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality How many memoirs is too many memoirs, you may ask? Which other books should I add to my memoir to-read list?
- Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
Six Favorite Memoir Reads The Bossy memoir love continues! Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality 01 Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jaouad Jaouad offers a powerful memoir about coping
- Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into
Do you love memoirs like I do? If you love memoirs, you might also like the books I listed on the Greedy Reading List Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year (last year). I'd love to hear: What are your favorite memoirs? 01 Here For It by R. This memoir was more than I'd hoped for.
- Review of In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
In her memoir In Love, author Amy Bloom shares the story of an impossible situation: the pending loss I listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality, and Kate Bowler's No Cure for Being Human is another
- Review of You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith
Poet Maggie Smith's memoir traces the end of her marriage, weaving in the history and the future while Smith recounts her painful, prolonged divorce and her marriage, which was ending as she wrote this memoir ' Memoirs that Sing Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality
- Review of Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up by Selma Blair
In her memoir, Blair takes the reader through her childhood, where she is steadily called Mean Baby-- For more more more memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists : Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
More Memoirs I've Loved I love a good memoir, one that offers a glimpse or a deep dive into the life For me, the best memoir makes you feel some of the author's feelings and understand their perspective My to-read list of memoirs is so long it's crushing and overwhelming, but some of those I'd like to read Memoirs to Dive Into and Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year. Which other books should I add to my memoir to-read list?
- Review of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathanial Ian Miller
The pacing of The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is measured, as befits a story that is largely about daily The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven is Nathanial Ian Miller's first novel.
- Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite
:) I love a memoir, and I love reading about people doing what they love, and I also love eating. So I therefore love memoirs written by chefs and by people who are obsessed with food, and the books If you like memoirs, check out these Bossy Bookworm Greedy Reading Lists: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year, and Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality And which other books should I add to my food memoir to-read list?
- Review of Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk
Bob Odenkirk's memoir digs into fascinating elements of process, creativity, and collaboration, and he If you like memoirs, you might want to check out this Greedy Reading List, Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore--which links to six more memoir lists for you to dig into! (That's forty-two Bossy memoir suggestions for those of you as obsessed with memoirs as I apparently
- Review of Blood: A Memoir by Allison Moorer
I didn't know of the author before her memoir began garnering attention. Blood: A Memoir reads like her journal; Moorer sifts through memories, looks through photos, celebrates read as though Moorer is flogging her significant sorrow and anger or highlighting dramatic events for memoir I first mentioned this book in the Greedy Reading List Three Memoirs I'm Reading Now, 10/7/20 Edition You might also like the list Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year.
- Review of Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James
In Admissions, Kendra James explores race, friendship, ambition, and the absurdities and rhythm of daily life during her time at a New England boarding school. Kendra James was the first Black legacy to graduate from The Taft School, an elite boarding school in Connecticut. When she later works as an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for independent prep schools, she finds herself examining her high school educational experience with a more critical eye, forcing herself to delve more deeply into aspects of her years at Taft that she largely glossed over at the time--and ultimately debating whether or not she should be advising families to pursue the same precarious path she herself followed. Digging into the past often seems a difficult undertaking, and as she looks back, Kendra James explains that her main goals when she attended Taft were not bringing to light racial injustice and leading a charge toward change, but typically teenage: to escape into role-playing video games and write fan fiction, to bond with a few classmates through watching favorite movies, and, primarily, to secure a spot in a college of her choice, then to (as is the goal for many high schoolers, for various reasons) get out of high school and get on with the rest of her life. James notes repeatedly that she felt largely unseen and unknown during her boarding school years. When she attends various Taft alumni events in the years following her graduation, they cement this same feeling. Her appearance in a Taft publication that lists her incorrect graduation year (and reunion year) grates on her as more evidence of this. The majority of page time is focused on aspects of James's boarding-school life, including its rhythms and peculiarities. James received financial aid to attend Taft, then $35,000 a year, and she then attended Oberlin for college, which, by her and her parents' design, was an admissions door likely opened more widely because of her Taft pedigree. But the book is not in large part about financial or class privilege. At times James laments the absence of frank discussions about race that she might have had with her parents, and she criticizes the lack of information she received from them on the topic. She wishes she could have learned more from them before entering Taft about the many ways she might have expected race to affect her life--especially considering the vastly white, elite circles her parents had either dipped their toes into or immersed themselves in: for example, Taft, Smith, Brown, and her father's banking job. The author notes that when she was a high schooler, in that place and time in our society, she didn't have an understanding of the power of daily microaggressions nor of blatant racism--nor did she have the language and perspective she now has to talk about such things--in order to sift through the many disturbing race-based incidents in her young life. James's evaluation of events of these years--including the racism she experienced at school; diverse, acute instances of disturbing behavior, whether race-based and class- and gender-based; and the social segregation of social groups by race--feels hesitantly explored at times as she attempts to dig into her raw teenage feelings while acknowledging her youthful lack of understanding and her early, unformed grasp of the myriad social, racial, and class issues shaping her experience. Regarding a situation in which the strict rule-follower James was accused of wrongdoing while at Taft, the author acknowledges that for years she largely glossed over not only the event, but the racial issues bubbling beneath the incident and her resulting emotional trauma, pushing all of this down until her reckoning with it in young adulthood. Late in the book, James shares select portions of a disturbing article a white student wrote for the school paper while James also attended Taft, in which the article's author largely blames the school's racial divides on the students of color themselves and mentions her discomfort about the existence of programs and events that put people of color at their center. James expresses anger and frustration at Taft's ineffective response--and at the many missed opportunities she sees before and after that event for the school to have shaped an effective approach to true inclusion. In Admissions, James offer a book that is partly a social critique, partly a recounting of the absurdities she experienced, and partly simply her unique story of living away from home and often feeling lonely and alone in her experience. I received a prepublication digital edition of this book courtesy of Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Kendra James was a founding editor at Shondaland, where she worked for two years. She has written articles for various publications and is the author of a romance novel, When Hearts Collide.
- Review of Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford
Crawford's memoir lays bare systemic lies, gross injustices, horrifying abuses of privilege and power Know My Name by Chanel Miller is another memoir that thoughtfully reflects on sexual assault, societal
- Six Fascinating Books about Immigrants' Experiences
her experiences through her childlike point of view, which allows for a painfully pure set of painful memories
- Review of The Beauty of Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper
Harper's memoir begins when her marriage is ending and her medical career as an ER doctor is beginning Another doctor's memoir that came to mind as I read this book (a memoir that connects faith and science in a memoir that made me cry) was I've Seen the End of You: A Neurosurgeon's Look at Faith, Doubt, and #memoir, #threestarbookreview
- Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year
#memoir, #faith, #dysfunctionalfamily, #fourstarbookreview, #leavingthewitness 02 The Unexpected Spy That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and this one may For my full review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes #memoir, #nonfiction, #heartwarming, #fourstarbookreview, #theunwindingofthemiracle 04 Maybe You Should #memoir, #fourstarbookreview, #openbook What are the most interesting memoirs you've read recently?
- Review of Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson
Wilson overcame tough childhood circumstances before setting her sights on becoming a performer, and her memoir I love to listen to the audiobook version of a memoir (if you haven't yet, you might want to check out the many stand-alone memoir reviews and memoir-focused Greedy Reading Lists I've posted on Bossy Bookworm A friend recommended actress Rebel Wilson's memoir Rebel Rising , and I listened to the Australian's
- Review of A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir by Colin Jost
I do like a thoughtful memoir if I can get it, and in A Very Punchable Face: A Memoir, Colin Jost offers Memoirs have been hitting the spot for me during Pandemic Times even more than usual. #memoir, #nonfiction, #threestarbookreview
- Review of The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Spears's slim memoir offers vulnerability, the shocking details of her now-infamous 13-year conservatorship Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
- Review of Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond by Henry Winkler
I listened to Henry Winkler read his irresistibly candid, funny, and poignant memoir.
- Review of Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams offers a gritty, honest, captivating, spare yet fully developed memoir in which she you're interested in this title, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Musicians' Memoirs
- Review of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
I listened to Perry's memoir as an audiobook. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? For memoirs I've loved that you might want to try, check out these Greedy Reading Lists: Six Musicians ' Memoirs that Sing Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality
- Review of Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Wong structures her memoir into letters for her daughters without editing out her intimate experiences Sometimes a celebrity memoir just hits the spot. #memoir, #threestarbookreview
- Review of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
#memoir, #fivestarbookreview
- Review of In Pieces by Sally Field
brutal honesty, but I admit to sometimes becoming impatient with the navel-gazing necessary to create a memoir #memoir, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of Open Book by Jessica Simpson
I'm a sucker for a celebrity memoir, and especially listening to the audiobook as I did here, when I #memoir, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman
But a memoir, read by the author? I typically can't say no. The insights reflect what seems to be these subjects' unvarnished memories and thoughts. If you love memoirs, you might like some of the books on my many Bossy lists of favorites: Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs to Check Out, Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore, Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite, and Six Musicians' Memoirs
- Review of Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon
tragedy that changed her life forever, but her general optimism and joy feel like the heart of her memoir Her memoir focuses largely on her younger years, including her youthful passion for acting and her path Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore, Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into, Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year, Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In, Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite , and Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality.
- Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. In Sloane Crosley's memoir Grief Is for People, she explores life after the loss of her closest friend I was intrigued by Crosley's mindset and the dark humor, devastating grief, and powerful memories she
- Review of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
her baby at nine months in utero and her experience living through grief in this stellar five-star memoir This is a heartrending memoir about losing a child. You might also be interested in the books on the Greedy Reading List Six Powerful Memoirs About Facing
- Three Memoirs I'm Reading Now, 10/7/20 Edition
travel, and she shares how she sometimes struggled to fit into either of these settings. 02 Blood: A Memoir I didn't know about Allison Moorer before her memoir began getting good reviews. Blood: A Memoir is said to read like a personal journal. Have you read some captivating memoirs lately? If you like memoirs, you might also like to take a look at the Greedy Reading List Six Illuminating Memoirs
- Review of They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta
If you like to read memoirs, you might be interested in the titles on my various memoir-focused Greedy Reading Lists: Six Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six More Fascinating Memoirs to Explore Six Musicians ' Memoirs that Sing Six Illuminating Memoirs to Dive Into Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In Six Foodie Memoirs to Whet Your Appetite Six Powerful Memoirs about Facing Mortality Six of My Favorite Memoir Reads Last Year
- Review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes After
That said, I have a tough time reading memoirs in which someone is fighting cancer, and I understand #memoir, #nonfiction, #heartwarming, #fourstarbookreview
- Review of The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
I listened to this audiobook and highly recommend immersing yourself in Michelle Obama's voice as she shares calm, wise, funny, or poignant reflections, personal practices, and gems of advice regarding retaining hope and being your best self. Many of us, I think, puzzle out our identities only over time, figuring out who we are and what we need in order to get by. We approximate our way into maturity, often following some loose idea of what we believe grown-up life is supposed to look like.... We make mistakes and then start over again.... We sample and discard different attitudes, approaches, influences, and tools for living until, piece by piece, we begin to better understand what suits us best, what helps us most. I read Michelle Obama's wonderful book Becoming, but after my wise friend Katherine mentioned having listened to it, I immediately wished I had heard Michelle's calming voice read it to me too. So I decided to listen to The Light We Carry and was instantly sure audiobook was the right format for me. Rather than pretending there are quick fixes for life's challenges and difficulties, Obama opens up her "toolbox" of emotional, meditative, and optimistic methods of coping, reminding herself of what's what, and ways in which she carries on in the face of adversity. While her White House circumstances are unusual and some of her related recollections are unique, her methods translate to the rest of us and daily life. She builds her book around pivotal encounters with others or aims to answer questions that have been frequently posed to her, along the way sharing more of the story of her family, marriage, political life, friendships, frustrations, hopes, goals, and joys. It sounds unfairly simplistic to summarize her practices with the short, catchy phrases she builds upon: "starting kind," "when they go low, we go high," and forming a "kitchen table" of friendships. While the ideas aren't complicated--which is the point of this book, after all: offering meaningful ways to be and to keep hope and be a light in the world--there are emotionally revealing stories and shining gems to dig into here. I didn't necessarily come away with new approaches (aside from entertaining the idea of incorporating a version of her friend's "Hey, Buddy!" morning self-greeting), but I thoroughly enjoyed and felt calmed by listening to this wise, kind, savvy woman read her gorgeously written thoughts and well-crafted reflections. Her writing--deep self-reflection with sometimes poetic phrasing--is just beautiful. I loved reading this and spending time with Michelle Obama. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Michelle Obama is also the author of Becoming and American Grown.
- Review of Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
Parton shares the background and context for 175 of her songs, frankly discussing her inspiration, life, and the formerly untouchable topics she dove into headfirst through songs. What's better than listening to Dolly talk about her inspirations, her artistic journey, her joys and her silliness, those who have influenced her, and her motivations--along with short musical snippets? Nothing. This is a fast-paced book, as Dolly talks about various thoughts as related to 175 of her songs, while country music author Robert K. Oermann intersperses short intros to add structure and background. The interjections from Oermann are necessary, but they sometimes feel abrupt, and while Dolly's stories are as intriguing and delightful as I'd hoped, she seems to feel the need to provide summations, which begin to feel repetitive. But none of that really mattered to me. I adored listening to Dolly laugh and ponder and reminisce and reflect. Through decades of straight-talking song lyrics, she has instinctively and repeatedly offered sympathetic points of view of the persecuted, disrespected, and dismissed: prostitutes, the poor, unwed teenage mothers, and more. The characters in her songs are often driven to the edge of what they can cope with. Sometimes Dolly lets them fall, but other times her songs about freedom (with her metaphors of butterflies and eagles) set those in her songs soaring. Meanwhile, Dolly's offhanded mentions of endless projects, ideas, collaborations, and plans make clear she's one of the hardest working women in show business. I mentioned Dolly Parton, Songteller in the Greedy Reading List of book ideas Shhh! More Book Gift Ideas for the Holidays. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? Another Dolly-focused book I'd like to read is She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh. The author examines the social progressiveness that progressive female singers like Dolly have championed through song.