{"product_id":"she-come-by-it-natural-dolly-parton-and-the-women-who-lived-her-songs-9781982157289","title":"She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs","description":"\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award finalist and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHeartland\u003c\/i\u003e focuses her laser-sharp insights on a working-class icon and one of the most unifying figures in American culture: Dolly Parton.\u003c\/b\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\u003eSmarsh challenged a typically male vision of the rural working class with her first book, \u003ci\u003eHeartland\u003c\/i\u003e, starring the bold, hard-luck women who raised her. Now, in \u003ci\u003eShe Come By It Natural\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in a four-part series for \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Roots Music\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Depression\u003c\/i\u003e, Smarsh explores the overlooked contributions to social progress by such women--including those averse to the term \"feminism\"--as exemplified by Dolly Parton's life and art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFar beyond the recently resurrected \"Jolene\" or quintessential \"9 to 5,\" Parton's songs for decades 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 leader of a self-made business and philanthropy empire--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, \u003ci\u003eShe Come By It Natural\u003c\/i\u003e is a sympathetic tribute to the icon Dolly Parton and--call it whatever you like--the organic feminism she embodies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSarah Smarsh is a journalist who has reported for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\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. Her second book, \u003ci\u003eShe Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Smarsh is a frequent political commentator and speaker on socioeconomic class. She lives in Kansas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478306590994,"sku":"9781982157289","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a75e841c-ebf0-452c-b490-83133e985a10.jpg?v=1730295475","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/she-come-by-it-natural-dolly-parton-and-the-women-who-lived-her-songs-9781982157289","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}