Table of Contents
Preface to the New Edition xi
About Me and This Book xv
1 Butcher Holler 1
2 Daddy 10
3 Mommy 19
4 Family Style 27
5 School Days 36
6 The Pie Social 47
7 Doolittle 55
8 Hey, You Ain't Supposed to Wear Clothes under Your Nightgown 62
9 Doo Kicks Me Out 71
10 Two Thousand Miles from Home 76
11 A Death in the Family 87
12 Beginner's Luck 97
13 An Honest-to-Goodness Record 106
14 Fans 111
15 The Education of a Country Singer 120
16 Music City, U.S.A. 129
17 Patsy 135
18 My Kids 141
19 Performer 149
20 Songwriter 157
21 We Bought the Whole Town 163
22 Me and Doo 177
23 The Hyden Widows 184
24 The Truth about My Health 193
25 Mexico 202
26 Entertainer of the Year 207
27 Death Threats 221
28 Baptized at Last 227
29 Confessions of a Bug 236
30 On the Road 241
31 What's Next? 260
What Came Next: Forty More Years with Loretta Lynn 263
32 The View from the Mountain Top 265
33 Locking Horns 268
34 My Work Husband (Conway Twitty) 270
35 True Love 274
36 Angels 277
37 Sloe Gin Fizz (Jack White) 279
38 Fake News 283
Acknowledgments 287
Reading Group Guide 291
