Naomi Judd
Country music star & humanitarian advocate
Country music superstar Naomi Judd's autobiography Love Can Build a Bridge topped the bestseller lists upon its release in 1992. Such success was taken in stride by the first-time author, who with her daughter Wynonna had soared to fame in the 1980s with their popular country music singing duo the Judds. Together they racked up Grammy and American Music Awards as well as nearly every honor bestowed by the country music industry for such popular albums as Why Not Me and River of Time. Yet Love Can Build a Bridge, also the name of a Judds album, tells of a rocky road to stardom and gives an intimate portrait of the family's unusual closeness even through difficult times. The work is told in Judd's conversational style and discusses the impoverished early years on the road to stardom, the ups and downs of the Judds' phenomenal success in the music business, as well as the author's spirituality, her battle with a chronic illness, and the difficulty of being a single mother to two headstrong young women (her other daughter is actress Ashley Judd, star of the acclaimed film Ruby in Paradise).
Judd describes the dramatic changes that country music stardom had upon her life and that of her daughters. The new lifestyle included months of obligatory touring in addition to songwriting and recording schedules that produced a bestselling album every year. The Judds earned an impressive array of Grammy and country-music industry awards during the late 1980s and early 1990s, but their career together came to an end in 1990 when Naomi was diagnosed with chronic active hepatitis, a liver disease that she most likely came in contact with while working as a nurse. The duo announced a series of farewell concerts that culminated in a final performance in Tennessee in December of 1991.
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Judd describes the dramatic changes that country music stardom had upon her life and that of her daughters. The new lifestyle included months of obligatory touring in addition to songwriting and recording schedules that produced a bestselling album every year. The Judds earned an impressive array of Grammy and country-music industry awards during the late 1980s and early 1990s, but their career together came to an end in 1990 when Naomi was diagnosed with chronic active hepatitis, a liver disease that she most likely came in contact with while working as a nurse. The duo announced a series of farewell concerts that culminated in a final performance in Tennessee in December of 1991.
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