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Dolly Parton Releases Photographic Memoir as Source Says She Is Recovering at Home

The volume assembles a seven-decade performance career through hundreds of images with personal stories.

Overview

  • Star of the Show: My Life on Stage was published Nov. 11 by Ten Speed Press and documents Parton’s life onstage.
  • A source close to Parton tells People she is at home, getting better every day, with friends and family visiting.
  • Parton postponed her Las Vegas residency from December 2025 to September 2026, citing health challenges after a kidney-stone-related infection.
  • In an Oct. 8 Instagram video, she told fans she was not dying and said she neglected her health while caring for and grieving her husband, Carl Dean, who died in March at 82.
  • The book features more than 350 photos and archival art, with a deluxe edition offering about 500 images, and it comes as she readies a Broadway musical planned for 2026.