Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club
A Memoir
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 22, 2025
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.
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- Who it’s for
- An intimate memoir links family love, heartbreak, and perseverance with the wisdom women pass down.
- Themes
- Black motherhood, Family love and perseverance, Intergenerational wisdom
- Pacing
- Fast
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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.
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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.
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
Where it sits
| Black & African American Lives | 79% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 30% |
| Women's Lives | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black & African American Lives
- Personal Memoirs
- Motherhood
- Authors
- Tina Knowles
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- April 22, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Black motherhood · Family love and perseverance · Intergenerational wisdom
- Reading lane
- Black & African American Lives