Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir (Unabridged)
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4.8 • 425 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
If you’ve ever wondered where Beyoncé and Solange Knowles get their strength, the answer is undoubtedly in this memoir by their mother, Tina. In an evocative and emotionally compelling performance, Tina invites us into the memories that forged her identity as a Black woman. Her childhood in Galveston, Texas, includes everything from the innocent joy of playing with her beloved cousin Johnny to her parents losing everything after being targeted by union busters to trying to wrap her five-year-old mind around segregation. You can hear the emotion and hard-fought wisdom of these moments in her voice, especially when the dots in her stories start to connect. After tragically losing his life partner, Johnny moves in to run the Knowles household when they need it most. As Tina raises her daughters with privileges she never had, she tries to impart the empathetic lessons she learned through those Galveston days of hardship. And she succeeded, as you can hear in the heartfelt dedications read by the women she calls her daughters: Beyoncé, Solange, Kelly Rowland, and her niece, Angie Beyincé.
Customer Reviews
Amazing !!!
Tina, you are beautifully and wonderfully made by the Most High God!
This book was sooo beautiful. Thank you for sharing your life with me. You are so blessed to have the history of family and to continue the traditions of love and faith. Peace and Blessings to you and all that belongs to you.
Excellent Book
Ms Tina! She is an excellent storyteller. I love how she shared her life with us. Thank you!
Motivation
I listen to this book whenever I need motivation. Thank Mrs. Tina for sharing your life with the world.