{"product_id":"she-come-by-it-natural-dolly-parton-and-the-women-who-lived-her-songs-paperback","title":"She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Smarsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Top 100 Book of the Year, the National Book Award finalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHeartland\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"analyzes how Dolly Parton's songs--and success--have embodied feminism for working-class women\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the particular vulnerabilities--and strengths--of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and surviving. In her family, she writes, \"country music was foremost a language among women. It's how we talked to each other in a place where feelings aren't discussed.\" And no one provided that language better than Dolly Parton. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"tribute to the woman who continues to demonstrate that feminism comes in coats of many colors,\" Smarsh tells readers how Parton's songs have validated women who go unheard: the poor woman, the pregnant teenager, the struggling mother disparaged as \"trailer trash.\" Parton's broader career--from singing on the front porch of her family's cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains to achieving stardom in Nashville and Hollywood, from \"girl singer\" managed by powerful men to self-made mogul of business and philanthropy--offers a springboard to examining the intersections of gender, class, and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInfused with Smarsh's trademark insight, intelligence, and humanity, this is \"an ambitious book\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e) about the icon Dolly Parton and an \"in-depth examination into gender and class and what it means to be a woman and a working-class hero that feels particularly important right now\" (\u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Smarsh is a journalist who has reported for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eHeartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Award. A 2018 research fellow at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Smarsh is a frequent speaker and commentator on economic inequality. She lives in Kansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.48 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987452559661,"sku":"9781982157296","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ZzVhTERxNTFldjVUeml4NzkwZlBsQT09.webp?v=1776178791","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/she-come-by-it-natural-dolly-parton-and-the-women-who-lived-her-songs-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}