Girl To Country

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Broken-down vehicles. Premenopausal libido. A punk rock-loving teen to share the culture shock with. I don't think Hank done it this way.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A few years after her 1996 breakthrough album </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Diary Of A Mod Housewife</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> singer/songwriter Amy Rigby is still figuring out who she is. Closing in on forty a newly-divorced mom trying to tour work temp jobs and keep a car running Amy is ready for a change. She trades her beloved NYC for Nashville where she navigates music men and motherhood to learn the hard way that outside validation is no substitute for self-belief.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Girl To Country</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> details what happens after the coming of age and first flash of achievement. Following on from her acclaimed debut memoir </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Girl To City</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> where Amy fumbled her way to becoming an artist in late twentieth century NYC </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Girl To Country</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> depicts the tricky second act of a creative life: how do you keep doing the work you love into your forties and beyond in a game everyone told you was only for the young? What's the price for juggling parenthood with fulfilling your dreams? And how about love-will it knock you off balance or help you keep going?</span></p><p></p><p>From one of America's enduring underground artists known for her honest kinetic songwriting <em>Girl To Country</em> is a touching clear-eyed journey full of unexpected detours.</p>