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Chely Wright’s memoir, Like Me, makes her the first country music star to acknowledge her homosexuality and  her life hasn’t been the same. But that’s a good thing!

In the paperback edition of Like Me (Hal Leonard Books, $18.99), Wright tells the story of her life and her career; about growing up in America’s heartland, the youngest of three children; and about barely remembering a time when she didn’t know she was different. She then brings the story up to date with an afterword in which she discusses the many ways – mostly positive – her announcement in May 2010 has affected her life and her career.

In Like Me, Wright tells of making up her mind at an early age to become a country music star, knowing then that her feeling and crushes on girls were “sinful,” and hoping and praying that she would somehow be “fixed.” We see her, a homecoming queen, heading out on her own at 17 and landing a job on the Ozark Jubilee (the show that launched Brenda Lee, Red Foley and Porter Wagoner); being cast in Country Music, U.S.A., doing four live shows a day; and, after only a few months in Nashville, seeing her dream come true – performing on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.

And, Wright tells of the prospect of losing everything she had worked so hard to create, of how her success, combined with hiding who she was, took its toll, and ultimately, of finding the guts to untangle herself from the image of the country music star she had become, an image steeped in fans’ long-held expectations of what a country artist should be.

In her afterword, Wright describes the reaction to both her book and her announcement last year from her family, her friends (inside and outside of Nashville), her fans, and the wider public, including those who only then learned of her and her music. Wright also discusses how she has embraced her new role as a spokeswoman for LGBT issues and how invitations to play for troops overseas have stopped coming in.

Chely Wright’s magical, musical journey has taken her from Wellsville, Kan., to Nashville and New York. Her journey as an openly gay woman has only just begun, and it’s off to a great start.

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