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Dolly Parton’s estate is reportedly celebrating a big financial win. According to Page Six, a secret memoir by the late “Jolene” singer has been sold to Grand Central Publishing for a whopping $13 million.
Insiders told the outlet that literary agency Folio—which previously handled Parton’s 2023 book Songteller: My Life in Lyrics—managed the sale. It’s unclear when Parton wrote the new memoir or what it entails, but sources argued that “any posthumous book by beloved Parton would no doubt be a blockbuster.”
Additional sources told Page Six that, when the agency reached out to publishers with a $12 million offer, “No one believed them, so they all stopped bidding.” Folio then went back to the editors.
“They were all like, ‘WTF? You have $12 million, and we aren’t beating that,” a top book source added. However, Grand Central allegedly increased its bid to $13 million and ultimately “won the book.” A separate sourc...