{"product_id":"woman-walk-the-line-9781477322581","title":"Woman Walk the Line","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull-tilt, hardcore, down-home, and groundbreaking, the women of country music speak volumes with every song. From Maybelle Carter to Dolly Parton, k.d. lang to Taylor Swift—these artists provided pivot points, truths, and doses of courage for women writers at every stage of their lives. Whether it’s Rosanne Cash eulogizing June Carter Cash or a seventeen-year-old Taylor Swift considering the golden glimmer of another precocious superstar, Brenda Lee, it’s the humanity beneath the music that resonates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are deeply personal essays from award-winning writers on femme fatales, feminists, groundbreakers, and truth tellers. Acclaimed historian Holly George Warren captures the spark of the rockabilly sensation Wanda Jackson; \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e’s Madison Vain considers Loretta Lynn’s girl-power anthem “The Pill”; and rocker Grace Potter embraces Linda Ronstadt’s unabashed visual and musical influence. Patty Griffin act\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot only will readers find some of the finest music writing in the business here, but they’ll also learn how the musicians’ evolution influenced each essayist’s own creative process. The result? Incredibly empowering writing about what it means to be an artist and a human being. . . .\u003ci\u003eWoman Walk the Line\u003c\/i\u003e will touch readers to their cores — reminding them of their first musical loves and the difference between a musician and a star. * Nashville Scene *\u003cbr\u003eEach of the 27 essays focuses on the experience of when music was a savior, an inspiration or an acknowledgment of a deep and personal truth. * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eA rhapsodic, moving look at music's transformative power. * People *\u003cbr\u003e...truly stunning... * PASTE *\u003cbr\u003e...a new collection of personal essays on the transformative impact of women in country music aims to change the narrative. * The Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eBest Music Books of the Fall * Publisher's Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e30 Must Read Music Books This Fall—The deeply personal pieces often feel like the authors are cracking open a secret chest, sharing treasured glimpses into their true selves. * Salon.com *\u003cbr\u003eMuch has happened to shape the national discourse in the 18 months since Holly Gleason began working on \u003ci\u003eWoman Walk The Line\u003c\/i\u003e...Much has happened in the last 18 days to make it essential reading. * Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel *\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eWoman Walk the Line\u003c\/i\u003e are multidimensional, living, breathing cases for the importance of each of these female country artists, including aurally and visually. As an edited anthology of multiple authors, this book is surprisingly cohesive. * Pop Matters *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaybelle Carter: The Root of It All (Caryn Rose)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLil Hardin: That's How I Got to Memphis (Alice Randall)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWanda Jackson: When She Starts Eruptin' (Holly George-Warren )\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHazel Dickens: The Plangent Bone (Ronni Lundy)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJune Carter Cash: Eulogy for a Mother (Rosanne Cash)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrenda Lee: Rare Peer (Taylor Swift)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBobbie Gentry: Let the Mystery Be (Meredith Ochs)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoretta Lynn: The Pill (Madison Vain)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDolly Parton: Long Island Down Home Blues (Nancy Harrison)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmmylou Harris: Common Ground in an Uncommon Love (Ali Berlow)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarbara Mandrell: Lubbock in the Rearview Mirror (Shelby Morrison)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTanya Tucker: Punk Country and Sex Wide Open (Holly Gleason)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRita Coolidge: A Dark-Eyed Cherokee Country Gal (Kandia Crazy Horse)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinda Ronstadt: Canciones di Corazon Salvage (Grace Potter)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosanne Cash: Expectations and Letting Go (Deborah Sprague)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Judds: Comfort Far from Home (Courtney E. 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