Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Author:Loretta Lynn, George Vecsey Born in 1935 into abject poverty, married at age thirteen, mother of six, and a grandmother by age 29, Loretta Lynn went on to become one of the most prolific and influential singers in modern country music. Her success includes sixteen #1 singles, fifteen #1 albums, and sixty other hits, including "Honky Tonk Girl," "Before I'... more »;m Over You," "The Pill," and "After The Fire Is Gone." In 1972 Lynn was the first woman to become the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year. Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter, a veteran bestseller and the basis of the Oscar-winning film, is her own revealing story of her journey from Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to Nashville stardom, told in a voice as clear, natural, and powerful as the best of her songs.« less