Dolly Parton posing in a photo booth at age 20 in 1966. A friend who isn’t from the U.S. asked me today why Dolly Parton is so deeply appreciated and loved her

Dolly Parton posing in a photo booth at age 20 in 1966. A friend who isn’t from the U.S. asked me today why Dolly Parton is so deeply appreciated and loved here, so I thought I’d explain. Dolly grew up in a one-room cabin in rural East Tennessee as one of 12 children in a family with very little m…