Poverty nearly wrote her future before she could choose it. Married at fifteen and raising four children before twenty-one, this Kentucky girl faced a troubled marriage while a remarkable voice waited to be heard. A seventeen-dollar guitar would help change everything, but the woman who made millions listen would also face losses that fame could never shield her fro… Continues…
That girl was Loretta Lynn.
Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, in 1932, she grew up among eight children.
Teenage marriage brought motherhood,
but also infidelity, drinking, and violence.
A $17 guitar helped her begin writing and performing.
Her first single arrived in 1960;
Nashville success followed.
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” celebrated her roots,
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