
Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club
A Memoir
Tina Knowles(Author)
Random House Large Print (Publisher)
Published on 29. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
720 pages
979-8-217-07037-4 (ISBN)
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.
“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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Edition
Large type / large print edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Diversified Publishing
Edition type
Large type / large print edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-217-07037-4 (9798217070374)
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Person
Tina Knowles is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, art collector, and activist. Born Celestine Ann Beyoncé in Galveston, Texas, to a longshoreman father and seamstress mother, she learned dressmaking at an early age. In 1986, she opened Headliners, a groundbreaking hair salon that became a multimillion-dollar phenomenon in Houston. As a stylist, designer, and mother, she helped guide the day-to-day path of Destiny’s Child—the music group comprised of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams—to global commercial success. With her daughter Beyoncé she cofounded and ran the House of Deréon, a clothing line named for her mother, later adding the Miss Tina line, which revolutionized size inclusivity. In 2024, she helped to create Cécred, Beyoncé’s hair-care line. Her philanthropic portfolio includes the nonprofit performing arts organization WACO Theater Center; The Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth in Houston; and Tina’s Angels, her thriving mentoring program for at-risk youth in South Central Los Angeles. She serves as chairwoman of BeyGOOD, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing economic equity through a wide array of initiatives. Tina Knowles is a grandmother of six and a Matriarch to many.