{"id":6240,"date":"2025-05-19T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6240"},"modified":"2025-05-17T21:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T01:14:19","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-265-dolly-my-life-and-other-unfinished-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-265-dolly-my-life-and-other-unfinished-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 265 &#8211; Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business<\/i> by Dolly Parton. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-265-dolly-my-life-and-other-unfinished-business\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dollybehind.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dollybehind-150x207.webp\" alt=\"Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones by Dolly Parton\" width=\"159\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dollybehind-150x207.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dollybehind-217x300.webp 217w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dollybehind.webp 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/broken.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/broken-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Broken Horses: A Memoir by Brandi Carlile\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/broken-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/broken-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/broken.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dumplin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dumplin.jpg\" alt=\"Dumplin by Julie Murphy\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dumplin.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/dumplin-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781984862129\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones<\/em> by Dolly Parton<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593237267\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Broken Horses: A Memoir<\/em> by Brandi Carlile<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062327192\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dumplin&#8217;<\/em> by Julie Murphy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/songteller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/songteller-150x198.jpg\" alt=\"Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics By Dolly Parton &amp; Robert K. Oermann\" width=\"167\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/songteller-150x198.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/songteller-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/songteller.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hungermakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hungermakes-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Hunger Makes me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hungermakes-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hungermakes-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/hungermakes.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/justkids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/justkids-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Just Kids by Patti Smith\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/justkids-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/justkids.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781797205090\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics<\/em> By Dolly Parton &amp; Robert K. Oermann<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780399184765\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl<\/em> by Carrie Brownstein<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780060936228\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Just Kids<\/em> by Patti Smith<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whatifound.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whatifound-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"What I Found in a Thousand Towns by Dar Williams\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whatifound-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whatifound-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/whatifound.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/womaninme.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/womaninme-145x220.webp\" alt=\"The Woman in Me by Britney Spears\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/womaninme-145x220.webp 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/womaninme-198x300.webp 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/womaninme.webp 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yours.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yours-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yours-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yours-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yours.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780465098965\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>What I Found in a Thousand Towns: A Traveling Musician&#8217;s Guide to Rebuilding America&#8217;s Communities-One Coffee Shop, Dog Run, and Open-Mike Night at a Time<\/em> by Dar Williams<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781668009048\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Woman in Me<\/em> by Britney Spears<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780306874369\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Yours Cruelly, Elvira<\/em> by Cassandra Peterson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dumplinmovie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dumplinmovie-150x220.jpg\" alt=\"Dumplin (movie)\" width=\"150\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rhinestone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rhinestone-150x212.jpg\" alt=\"Rhinestone\" width=\"156\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rhinestone-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rhinestone-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rhinestone.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80201490\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Dumplin<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/45eUGRy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Rhinestone<\/em> (movie)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business by Dolly Parton. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2053,2404,2566,2135,2048,2292,2563,2564,506,686,48,30,2565],"class_list":["post-6240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-brandi-carlile","tag-britney-spears","tag-carrie-brownstein","tag-cassandra-peterson","tag-dar-williams","tag-dolly-parton","tag-dolly-my-life-and-other-unfinished-business","tag-dumplin","tag-julie-murphy","tag-patti-smith","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-rhinestone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6251,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6240\/revisions\/6251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}