5 Top essays books like She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh

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

By: Sarah Smarsh

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the pa…

"There's a powerful wisdom in just leaving the bullshit for someone else to fix."

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

"There is, then, intellectual knowledge--the stuff of research studies and think pieces--and there is experiential knowing. Both are important, and women from all backgrounds might possess both. But we rarely exalt the knowing, which is the only kind of feminism many working women have."

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

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1. Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Road Trip into the Heart of Fan Mania

By: Warren St. John

5.00

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

What is it about sports that turns otherwise sane people into raving lunatics? Why does winning com… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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2. Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business

By: Dolly Parton

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

In concerts, movies and on TV, Dolly Parton's singing and honest-to-God personality has charmed mil… read more

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  • music
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction

3. Dream More

By: Dolly Parton

3.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The legendary Dolly Parton shares for the first time her deeply held philosophy of life and her hea… read more

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4. Mordets praktik

By: Kerstin Ekman

3.86

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"I Hjalmar Soderbergs Doktor Glaslaste jag om den livgiriga skuggan pa vaggen som tar mannens liv o… read more

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5. She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs

By: Sarah Smarsh

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Sarah Smarsh witnessed firsthand the pa… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Smarsh's She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs book and Sarah Smarsh's She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs

  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • womens
  • audiobook
"There's a powerful wisdom in just leaving the bullshit for someone else to fix."

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

"There is, then, intellectual knowledge--the stuff of research studies and think pieces--and there is experiential knowing. Both are important, and women from all backgrounds might possess both. But w…"

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

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6. Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

By: Peggy O'Donnell Heffington

3.77

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A historian explores the complicated relationship between womanhood and motherhood  in this “timely… read more

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  • history
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • audiobook
"Even after becoming a mother, fulfilling the role society demands of you, you still can't win."

-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

"Parenthood is demanded of us, but we are asked to parent in isolated bubbles, supported--to put it crudely--by our bank accounts and little else."

-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

"COVID-19 exposed what women with children and without both already knew: that despite the expectation we all become mothers, we receive little support once we do."

-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

"In light of our failure to account for the pressures, anxieties, and dangers of modern life, it's possible to argue that the decision to opt out of parenthood is perfectly rational. The decision to h…"

-Peggy O'Donnell Heffington, Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

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7. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

By: Dolly Parton

4.03

Format: 380 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of … read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"My coat of many colors that my mama made for me, Made only from rags, but I wore it so proudly. Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be. In my coat of many colors my mama made for me…"

-Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

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8. Dolls of Our Lives

By: Mary Mahoney

3.53

Format: None pages, None

For Feiwel & Friends, Kat Brzozowski bought world rights to a currently untitled book by Allison Ho… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

By: Dolly Parton

4.13

Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition

A beautiful celebration of Dolly Parton’s iconic sense of style through entertaining personal stori… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
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  • audiobook
"I wake up with new dreams everyday."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I got dreams so big they'd scare some people."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"I just wanted to be different. I wanted to be seen."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose, with purpose."

-Dolly Parton, Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones

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10. Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

By: Loretta Lynn

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust shares the never-before-told complete story of the remarkable relationsh… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Willie Nelson's Letters to America

By: Willie Nelson

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Following his bestselling memoir, It’s a Long Story, Willie Nelson now delivers his most personal a… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"My mother, Myrtle, once wrote...I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism by developing love for all humanity...we all become better people just by trying to ban negativity f…"

-Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson's Letters to America

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12. Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock

By: Steven Hyden

3.93

Format: 320 pages, ebook

The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening explo… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
"Just try to find an uncompelling photo of Fleetwood Mac taken at any point between 1975 and 1987. I've spent hours scouring Google Images in search of a single Fleetwood Mac band photo to which I am …"

-Steven Hyden, Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock

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13. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place

By: Neema Avashia

4.26

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “T… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • audiobook
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14. Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation

By: Jon Meacham

3.78

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

A celebration of America and the music that inspired people and illuminated eras, from the Revoluti… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
"A small thing, but in a dissonant world, every moment of harmony counts--and if we share music, we might just shout in anger a little less and sing in unity more. Or so we can hope."

-Jon Meacham, Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation

"There's something about the transporting capacity of music, something about it's odd but undeniable ability to create a collective experience by firing our individual imaginations, that's more likely…"

-Jon Meacham, Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation

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15. Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs

By: Willie Nelson

4.11

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nels… read more

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  • music
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"...love was here yesterday, love is here today, and love will be here tomorrow. Love exists outside of time. At some point, sadness stops. For that matter, so does happiness. They're just fleeting fe…"

-Willie Nelson, Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs

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16. Korpen (Sakka Pienni, #1)

By: Lina Bengtsdotter

3.56

Format: 329 pages, Hardcover

En vårnatt hittas en nybliven ung mamma mördad i sitt hem på Strandvägen i Djursholm. Kriminalinspe… read more

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17. Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash

By: Michael Stewart Foley

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A leading historian argues that Johnny Cash was the most important political artist of his time Joh… read more

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  • music
  • nonfiction
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18. Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch

By: Andrea Freeman

4.06

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

The first and definitive history of the use of food in United States law and politics as a weapon o… read more

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  • history
  • audiobook
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19. Die Hot with a Vengeance: Essays on Vanity

By: Sable Yong

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Journalist and former Allure editor Sable Yong debuts with a sharp-toothed and hilarious essay coll… read more

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  • feminism
  • nonfiction
  • essays
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20. Female Force: Dolly Parton

By: Michael L. Frizell

4.16

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

The woman famous for proclaiming, "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap," has proven to be a … read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Awards for Good Boys: Tales of Dating, Double Standards, and Doom by Shelby Lorman

21. Awards for Good Boys: Tales of Dating, Double Standards, and Doom

By: Shelby Lorman

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

This book explores why so-called and self-proclaimed good boys are actually not so great, breaking … read more

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  • memoir

12 must-read audiobook books like She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh

Transform Your Habits

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

Sarah Smarsh

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother

Peggy O'Donnell Heffington

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

Dolly Parton

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Dolls of Our Lives

Mary Mahoney

3.53

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11 must-read womens books like Awards for Good Boys: Tales of Dating, Double Standards, and Doom by Shelby Lorman

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We Are Displaced

Malala Yousafzai

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Men Who Hate Women

Laura Bates

4.34

Transform Your Habits

Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language

Amanda Montell

4.29

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Moi les hommes, je les déteste

Pauline Harmange

3.82

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