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Ain't Nothin As Sweet As My Baby: The Story of Hank Williams' Lost Daughter
The author recounts her struggle to unravel the machinations that long concealed her true identity as the lost daughter of country-western star Hank Williams
338 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1990
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December 8, 2019
Fascinating story and unbelievable how much deception was involved in keeping her from knowing who her father was. It also is unbelievable to me that the aunt was able to turn a little two-year old over to the welfare department like she did without feeling horribly guilty.
However, while it was an interesting story, Jett Williams bothered me immensely. While she says she wasn't in it for the money, her actions certainly paint a different picture. And while she should be entitled to some of the estate, her using her late biological father's name to further her singing career, sell a book, etc just seems like too much to me. Also she completely abandoned her adoptive family and changed her name to reflect her biological parents, who she didn't even know, when her adoptive parents had supported her for a long time financially. I doubt she would've takenthe actions she did if her father wasn't famous. Her adoptive mother cut her out of her will.....which after reading Jett's depiction of her in the book, I don't disagree with her actions. Furthermore, to sue to be included in the estate after her mother writing at least 3 separate documents cutting her out seems like pure greed.
However, while it was an interesting story, Jett Williams bothered me immensely. While she says she wasn't in it for the money, her actions certainly paint a different picture. And while she should be entitled to some of the estate, her using her late biological father's name to further her singing career, sell a book, etc just seems like too much to me. Also she completely abandoned her adoptive family and changed her name to reflect her biological parents, who she didn't even know, when her adoptive parents had supported her for a long time financially. I doubt she would've takenthe actions she did if her father wasn't famous. Her adoptive mother cut her out of her will.....which after reading Jett's depiction of her in the book, I don't disagree with her actions. Furthermore, to sue to be included in the estate after her mother writing at least 3 separate documents cutting her out seems like pure greed.
May 31, 2019
Wonderful book & Jett’s fight & victory have changed my mind about her. I applaud her.
November 4, 2019
Great book if you Are a hank Williams sr. Fan. Engrossing and sad in many levels. Interesting parts telling how she was shut out of her legal monies by bigwigs in Nashville like Roy scuff.
August 17, 2022
Couldn’t put it down. Read like a detective novel as Jett chases her heritage.
July 19, 2015
The book was written by Hank Williams' daughter, and is the story of her illegitimate birth, being raised by Hank's mother until her death, eventual adoption, until after all the court issues to prove she was his biological daughter and deserved inheritance rights were taken care of as an adult. She tells about her life as an adopted girl with a dysfunctional mother, how she found out she could be Hank's daughter and the story about how she found Hank's and her biological mother's relatives, her attorney who later became her husband, and how together they were able to unravel the mountains of court records and interviews with people involved during the time of her birth and the later rules sent down by the courts and unsavory lawyers as a child..
If you are looking for good gossip and "dirt" on everyone, it's really not there too much.She was much more accommodating towards the negativity in her life than most would be.
The story was interesting but it tended to rather drag out for me, and was a little dry. It was an interesting read, and it took a lot of ambition to fight for her rights, that's for sure. She certainly had some luck on her side eventually.
I do hope she has done something that has enhanced her life after all the mess she went through with both Hank's family, Hank Jr's fighting it all and her own adopted family's fiasco.
If you are looking for good gossip and "dirt" on everyone, it's really not there too much.She was much more accommodating towards the negativity in her life than most would be.
The story was interesting but it tended to rather drag out for me, and was a little dry. It was an interesting read, and it took a lot of ambition to fight for her rights, that's for sure. She certainly had some luck on her side eventually.
I do hope she has done something that has enhanced her life after all the mess she went through with both Hank's family, Hank Jr's fighting it all and her own adopted family's fiasco.
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