Coal Miner’s Daughter

Coal Miner’sDaughter by Loretta Lynn with George Vescey, 269 pages

This is Lynn’s autobiography.  Her story is kind of interesting although typical of country singers of the time.  Many of them grew up dirt poor and made it big, which is Lynn’s basic story.  It was told from the heart so we get a lot of her feelings and impressions and a really sense of how crazy the life of a celebrity can be, especially for someone who was completely unprepared for it.  I also liked reading about her interest in helping others, which I was unaware of.  I would really only recommend this book to people who are interested in a biography of Loretta Lynn.  It’s not an exceptionally well written biography since it’s written in her voice but her writer/editor probably cleaned it up quite a bit.  I just don’t think people are going to want to pick it up as a casual read.