Have you read the book? Would you like to write you're review of what you thought of this book? Just send me you're review with you're name and i will put it upon this site. Send Reviews This is the only book written about Dottie. I feel there should be more books about her. This book is very short it has only 128 pages. There should have been many more pages. The book was written by Dottie’s aunt Judy Berryhill and Francis Meeker. The constantly focuses on her childhood and when she went bankrupt in 1991. It doesn’t really tell you much about her wonderful and successful career witch I think is very disappointment. Dottie had hits in the 60s, 70s and 80s she won numerous awards and achieved lots of stardom. Paul Potter "Country Sunshine" is a lovingly told and quick reading biography of the late country music star, Dottie West (1932-1991). The cover specifies "An Unauthorized Biography" but CS struck this reviewer as thoroughly authentic. The authors had a connection with Dottie, I'm sure. CS concentrates on Dotty's early years, her incredibly hardscrabble childhood and struggle to become discovered. The abuse Dottie suffered from her so-called father is utterly staggering. How did she recover? Perhaps she never completely did. I always believed Dottie had pain in her voice. Just listen to "Here Comes My Baby" or "Would You Hold It Against Me?" The "good years" as a star receive minor treatment-all to the better enjoyment for the reader. We certainly learn about the real human being/hurt child behind the music. The final chapters tell not just of her difficult final years with bankruptcy, divorces and tragic death in a car crash but of her spirit to fight back and reclaim her career. I believe she would have made it. If she survived that childhood mostly intact, she could overcome anything! Owen McGivern