To that first record contract and number one single, forced moreĬompartmentalization and lies. Peppered with teasing from school bullies but guided by a strongĬhristian faith and an early ambition to make it big in country music, aĭream that she worked constantly to realize.Įvery victory on the road to fame, from landing a gig at Opryland Short, fast-paced chapters through Wright's childhood, which was Her daily prayers to God to remove her homosexuality, a ritual thatīegan in third grade and continued for years. Worn out but still alive, she retreated to her bed.Īt this point in the narrative we jump back in time to her childhood and Suffered depression leading to a nervous breakdown, which culminated inĪ suicide attempt. In early 2006, after a tumultuous breakup, Wright Like Me opens with the part of the story readers may haveĮncountered already. Guarding the secret that would define, and nearly end, her life.

Travel, wealth, fame, and success as a country singer, all the while Various poor but cozy family homes in Wellsville, Kansas, to world In nursing homes to the top of the Billboard country charts, from Ultimately eschewed the twang and kept the torch songs in her Was never embraced by American country radio, which is why she lang got her start in country music, but she's Canadian and That historically conservative world by coming out as a lesbian. Have heard the news that country singer Chely Wright broke new ground in UNLESS YOU SPENT the spring and summer in a monastery, you will Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer

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