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I've Had to Think Up a Way to Survive
2022
Overview
When everything fell apart for Lynn Melnick, she went to
Dollywood. It was perhaps an unusual refuge. The theme park, partly
owned by and wholly named for Dolly Parton, celebrates a country
music legend who grew up in church and in poverty in rural
Tennessee. Yet Dollywood is exactly where Melnick-a poet, urbanite,
and daughter of a middle-class Jewish family-needed to be. Because
Melnick, like the musician she adores, is a survivor.
In this bracing memoir, Melnick explores Parton's dual
identities as feminist icon and objectified sex symbol-identities
that reflect the author's own fraught history with rape culture and
the grueling effort to reclaim her voice in the wake of loss and
trauma. Each chapter engages with the artistry and cultural impact
of one of Parton's songs, as Melnick reckons with violence,
creativity, parenting, abortion, sex work, love, and the
consolations and cruelties of religion. Guided by Parton's music,
Melnick walks the slow path to recovery in the company of those who
came before her and stand with her, as trauma is an experience both
unique and universal. Candid and discerning, I've Had to Think
Up a Way to Survive is at once a memoir and a love song-a
story about one life and about an artist who has brought life to
millions.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Subject
ISBN
9781477322673, 1477322671
