Nickel Dreams: My Life

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Summary: Nickel Dreams: My Life
Review: I recently bought this book off of a sale table at a book store, and I was pleasantly surprised at what a good book this was. Tanya Tucker has definitely had a very interesting life and career, so far, although it seemed to me while reading this book that she is always skating very closely to edge, no matter what she undertakes, and it seems as if she enjoys pushing the envelope as far as she can, without thinking of the consequences until AFTER the fact. I would be very interested in reading an addendum to this book in another 5-7 years, to see how her life has progressed and also to see how the lives of her children (I've read that she now has a third child) have progressed, as well.

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Summary: Fascinating reading!
Review: I very much liked reading this book, though not all parts of it are equally interesting. I was particularly fascinated to read about the historical background and the early living conditions of Tanya Tucker's family and the way she got both pushed by her father and at the same time pushed herself, as well, to get into a singing career. Then, there is a part that I considered rather lengthy with a lot of name dropping. I very much liked the story again as she got to the part when she had to seriously treat her drug problems. Again, it seems, she had to be pushed into it, and she foiled the system in a way, yet the goal seems to have been reached, anyway. There is quite a bit of self analyzing, unless it's her co-writer who contributed those parts. Anyway, the books is very good reading, and it's been quite some time since I finished a book so quickly.

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Summary: A great book, with deep insight to her troubling childhood.
Review: Tanya Tucker grew up in a family whose soul wish was to make her dreams come true. Her parents did not pressure her but gave her the oppertunity to fulfill her own dreams.