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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
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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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