Dolly Parton was lonely when, at age 18, she moved to Nashville as an aspiring singer/songwriter. She missed her parents and 11 siblings. She was also desperately poor — so much so that she sometimes ...
After reading through hundreds of interviews with Dolly Parton, biographer Martha Ackmann came to one realization: Parton courts reporters more than they court her. “I read so many accounts when she ...