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"Tender and intimate."--The New Yorker
"Poignant, beautiful, heartfelt."--New York Journal of Books
ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Rolling Stone, Kirkus Reviews
Abandoned by their parents as toddlers, Willie and Bobbie Nelson found their love of music almost immediately through their grandparents, who raised them in a small Texas town. Their close relationship was the longest-lasting bond in both their lives.
In alternating chapters, this heartfelt dual memoir weaves together both their stories as they experienced them side by side and apart. The Nelsons share powerful, emotional moments from growing up, playing music in public for the first time, and facing trials in adulthood, as Willie pursued songwriting and Bobbie faced a series of challenging relationships and a musical career that took off only when attitudes about women began to change in Texas. This is Bobbie's only memoir, and in it she candidly shares her life story in full. Her deeply affecting chapters delve into her personal relationships and life as a mother and as a musician with technical skills that even Willie admits surpass his own. In his poignant stories, Willie shares the depth of his bond with his sister, and how that bond carried him through his most troubled moments. Willie and Bobbie supported each other through unthinkable personal heartbreak, and they always shared in each other's victories. Through dizzying highs and traumatic lows, spanning almost nine decades of life, Willie and Bobbie always had each other's back.
Their story is an inspiring, lyrical statement of how family always finds the way.
Bobbie Nelson is a pianist, singer, and member of the band Willie Nelson and Family. She died in 2022.
David Ritz has collaborated on books with everyone from Ray Charles to Aretha Franklin.
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“Without my sister,” Willie Nelson wrote in the book “Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band,” “I’d never be where I am today.” https://t.co/uDtsSpmXQK
"Nelson and Family Band fans will relish even the details they already knew, and readers just seeking a mostly uplifting family story will be pleased as well."--Rolling Stone
"Spanning close to nine decades, Willie and Bobbie's story is one of the endurance of family and power of music as a beacon of healing--a pitch-perfect read."--Country Living