Chely Wright singer songwriter & country music star writes in this moving telling memoir about her life & her career; about growing up in Americas heartland & about barely remembering a time when she didnt know she was different. The youngest of three children Wright would ascend the ladder to the top of the country-music world only to find herself trapped in a place she hadnt foreseen but had to face. From high-school homecoming queen to successful recording artist with her first hit single Shut Up & Drive " Wrights journey was dictated by keeping the truth of who she was closeted in a world in which country music stars had never been
- & could not be
- openly gay. Working with the biggest names in Nashville she navigated these treacherous waters until the charade took too great a toll. Ultimately as she reveals in this candid & outspoken work Wright found the courage to untangle herself from the image of the country music star shed become an image steeped in long-standing ideals & notions about who
- & what
- a country artist is & what fans expect that artist to be."