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Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club by Tina Knowles

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Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club

A Memoir

Tina Knowles

Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 22, 2025

Reading lane: Black & African American Lives

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A glorious chronicle of a life like none other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood “A beautiful and brave story of strong women, fierce mothering, and the power of continued evolution.”—Michelle Obama “A fascinating memoir of Tina Knowles’s journey to become the global figure she is today.”—Oprah Winfrey “Told in rich color with flourishes so detailed . . . they conjure a fully realized world the reader can inhabit.”— The Washington Post Here is a page-turning chronicle of family love and heartbreak, loss and perseverance, and the kind of creativity, audacity, and will it takes for a girl from Galveston to change the world.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Across Generations

An intimate memoir links family love, heartbreak, and perseverance with the wisdom women pass down.

Come here for

  • A family story shaped by Black motherhood
  • A life told through creativity, audacity, and will

Expect

  • Love, loss, and perseverance across generations
  • A personal chronicle with a wider American story

Book Details

Authors
Tina Knowles
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Published
April 22, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Black & African American Lives · Biographies of Women for Kids
Reading lane
Black & African American Lives

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Black & African American Lives

  • Personal Memoirs

  • Motherhood

About This Book

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A glorious chronicle of a life like none other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood “A beautiful and brave story of strong women, fierce mothering, and the power of continued evolution.”—Michelle Obama “A fascinating memoir of Tina Knowles’s journey to become the global figure she is today.”—Oprah Winfrey “Told in rich color with flourishes so detailed . . . t...

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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A glorious chronicle of a life like none other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood “A beautiful and brave story of strong women, fierce mothering, and the power of continued evolution.”—Michelle Obama “A fascinating memoir of Tina Knowles’s journey to become the global figure she is today.”—Oprah Winfrey “Told in rich color with flourishes so detailed . . . they conjure a fully realized world the reader can inhabit.”— The Washington Post Here is a page-turning chronicle of family love and heartbreak, loss and perseverance, and the kind of creativity, audacity, and will it takes for a girl from Galveston to change the world. Matriarch is one brilliant woman’s intimate and revealing story, and a multigenerational family saga that carries within it the story of America—and the wisdom that women pass on to each other, mothers to daughters, across generations.

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