Sarah Smarsh Celebrates Dolly Parton

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Dec 17, 2020

If there’s one thing that America can seem to agree on in these divided times, it’s that just about all of us love Dolly Parton. In her new book, She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs, Sarah Smarsh looks at how Parton's life and music have spoken to working-class women for decades.

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