
The marriage of George Jones and Tammy Wynette was hailed as a union
made in honky-tonk heaven. And when little Tamala Georgette Jones was
born in 1970, she was considered country music's heir apparent. For
the first four years of her life, Georgette had two adoring parents who
showed her off at every opportunity, and between her parents,
grandparents, older sisters, and cheering fans, Georgette's feet seldom
hit the ground. But as in every fairy tale, dark forces were just
around the corner. Her parents fought, and George drank. George and
Tammy divorced when Georgette was four, and it would be years before she
understood just what that meant.
The Three of Us is an
honest and heartfelt look into the life of a broken family living in the
glare of the public spotlight. Like so many of her generation,
Georgette had to make sense of loving two parents who couldn't love each
other. With never-before-told stories about George and Tammy, it
recounts Tammy's descent into prescription pill addiction, her
dependence on her fifth husband, George Richey, and her untimely death
at the age of fifty-five. Georgette opens up about her broken
relationship with her father and what it took for them to come back
together. Lastly, Georgette discusses the ups and downs of her adult
life: failed marriages, illness, an arrest, and now, an unexpected but
thrilling career as a musician.
The Three of Us is a story
of both extreme privilege and great trials, of larger-than-life people
with larger-than-life problems. Rich in country music history, it
contains twists and turns, highs and lows, but in the end, it stands as
an intensely moving tale of love, loss, heartbreak, and what it means to
be a family.