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Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir

by Tina Knowles

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A family story across generations

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    Instant #1 New York Times bestseller

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A family story across generations

Tina Knowles’s memoir connects her life with the stories and bonds of the women in her family. Beginning in Galveston, the account spans family love, heartbreak, loss, and perseverance, while placing Black motherhood and the knowledge passed from mothers to daughters at its center. The book presents an intimate personal history alongside a broader portrait of family and American life, with creativity and determination among its recurring concerns.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Tina Knowles’s life and family history
  • Readers seeking memoirs about Black motherhood and women’s experiences across generations
  • Readers interested in family narratives that connect personal history with American life

Themes

Black motherhoodFamily and intergenerational tiesLoss and perseveranceCreativity and determination

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Book overview

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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