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Tammy Wynette: A Daughter Recalls her Mother's Tragic Life and Death Mass Market Paperback – April 1, 2001

by Jackie Daley (Author), Tom Carter (Author)

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The Tammy Wynette story told from her daughter Jackie's viewpoint begins with her mother's arrival in Nashville in 1964 in a dented station wagon and follows the troubled but talented Tammy as she experiences multiple-platinum success as a recording star, addiction, violence, and the joy of motherhood. Reprint.

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288 pages
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English
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Berkley
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April 1, 2001
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4.26 x 0.75 x 6.7 inches
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0425179257
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978-0425179253
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An incredible story. -- London Free Press

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (April 1, 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425179257
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425179253
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.26 x 0.75 x 6.7 inches

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Jack

Great book - tragic story

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2023

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Very interesting perspective. Book arrived with some light wear on the cover but no blemished or wear on the pages. Excellent book if you like celebrity biographies.

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Shawn Mac

A Tough Story Well Written

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022

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I had not followed the saga of Tammy's final years of hardcore addiction and probable manipulation and exploitation by her husband, George Ritchie, nor the grave injustice in how he handled her estate. It appears she chose the wrong man to stand by with but may have just been too vulnerable after all she'd been through to do anything else. I tend to believe her daughter's take on all this as outlined in the book and I'm a New England yankee with no investment in this story one way or the other, other than appreciating Tammy's immense talent. Seems her daughters were victims of her massive career demands and it was her daughters who should have benefitted most from her legacy/estate. Yet it virtually all ended up with her husband and now in his passing, with his wife, who had absolutely nothing to do with Tammy - except have an affair with George at the end of Tammy's life. Truly a grave injustice but I do believe in karma and also the karma of ill gotten money. I hope the daughters made out well in the wrongful death suit against Tammy's doctor. Quite an interesting story to read here.

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Jimbo

Give Jackie a break.....

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2002

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After reading all the customer reviews concerning this book(most of them very negative) I decided to purchase this book and form my own opinion. This book is about a daughter who lost her mother in death, a death that obviously came as a surprise to the entire family, including Tammy's husband, George Richey. Understandably, at least to me, her daughter, Jackie, wanted to know exactly what the cause of her mother's death was. Is that so unreasonable? It's my understanding from reading the book that the doctor who diagnosed her cause of death did so over the telephone without ever even examining the body. This was apparently "good enough" for Tammy's husband, but her daughter wanted a more realistic explanation. George Richey refused to help resolve this very troubling situation, having the belief that Tammy's dead and what does it really matter how she died--nothing is going to bring her back. That (understandably) wasn't good enough for Jackie, so she and her sisters had no choice but to sue Mr. Richey in an effort to find the truth as to what the cause of their mother's death really was.
Despite claims by others, I don't view Jackie as a gold digger trying to cash in on the fame of her mother. She has every right to know what happened to her mother and why. If Mr. Richey would have simply cooperated, this book need never have been written. The book is a sad story about a family that has been torn apart by the tragic death of someone they all loved. The fact that Tammy Wynette was a country superstar is the only reason the public is interested in the first place. If this same situation had happened with a non-celeberty family, the same questions would have been asked and the outcome would most likely have been the same. So I say, give Jackie a break. The woman is doing the best she can to try and deal with the death of her beloved mother. Let her grieve in her own way and don't be so judgemental. My heart goes out to her.

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Dolly Fischer

Tammy

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2023

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It’s a fascinating story about my favorite country music star very enjoyable

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After reading McDonough's great book ........

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2010

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I wanted to read Jackie's biography of her Mom.....I know she had help but I think she did a great job. It is hard for a child to tell their parent's story when the parent has not been a great parent but the child still has great love for them. I belive Jackie told her own story really well without "trashing" her Mom.....facts are facts and the truth needed to be told if the book was to be written at all. Tammy was like so many women of the region and of the time.....she was so caught up in the drama of her personal life,which unfortunately included one bad choice after another, that she did not spend enough time parenting. Lucky for all of them she made lots of money and was able to take the sting out of that a little bit. Tammy wanted to make it up to her daughters with a nice inheritance......I do not blame them one bit for attemting to fight for it and find out what really happened to their Mom. Everyone that is interested in Tammy's story should absolutely read Jimmy McDonough's most compelling book.....it is biography with an intersesting literary edge....I really loved it....Good thoughts and happiness to Jackie, Gwen, Tina and Georgette...Lleah.

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POL

nice clean copy

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2022

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GREAT PRICE FOR A NICE CLEAN COPY

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Patsy Johnson

Love this book by Jackie.

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2022

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This is the best book I have read about Tammy. Her daughter sure did a great job writing it. I coldn't put it down till Iread it all. Thanks Jackie! You did an awesome job.

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Lisa Dorsett

A tragedy that was completely preventable had Tammy not married Geirge Richie

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014

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A informational book about a tragedy that never should have happened. Looking at everything from her daughter's point of view was very sad. Tammys girls tried their best to take care and warn their mother of her toxic tendancies in life. Her last marriage was a complete mistake and ended with her death. Her girls never saw a dime of their mother's hard earned money nor any personal mementos of their mom's that would have meant the world to them. George Richey was a leech that lived off of Tammy Wynette and made her life miserable. He pulled all of the strings and kept Tammy doped up to do as he pleased. Now he is gone and Tammy's girls still have nothing of their mother's. A sad and horrible thing someone could do to those they supposedly loved.

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Lisa Taha

A great read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2018

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This book at times was really heartbreaking to hear how Tammy was treated. Well written account of her life. I really enjoyed it.

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Alison Pilcher

Good Quality

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2021

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Good Quality, prompt delivery.

Kaz 1

Tammy Wynette Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 10, 2016

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I buy a lot of used books from Amazon - mainly for my friend who is an avid reader and especially on books about film stars/country stars. This has the added bonus of being written by Tammy's daughter, so no doubt, this will contain things other biographies don't.

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David O'Neill

It's ALL a hoax

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2021

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great gift for my mum

Mr. Thomas Perkins

Very interesting book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2011

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This is a very interesting book and I am enjoying reading it at the moment. I am a huge fan of Tammy wynette and have all her albums on MP3, CD or Tape and play them nearly all the time! It is good to read about her life from her daughter's perspective.

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