Oprah: A Biography (Random House Large Print) - Softcover

Kelley, Kitty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 073937785X ISBN 13: 9780739377857

Publisher: Random House Large Print, 2010

Synopsis

Based on three years of research and reporting as well as 850 interviews with sources, many of whom have never before spoken for publication, Oprah is the first comprehensive biography of one of the most influential, powerful, and admired public figures of our time, by the most widely read biographer of our era. Anyone who is a fan of Oprah Winfrey or who has followed her extraordinary life and career will be fascinated and newly informed by the closely observed, detailed, and well-rounded portrait of her provided by Kitty Kelley’s exhaustively researched book. Readers will come away with a greater appreciation of who Oprah really is beyond her public persona and a fuller understanding of her important place in American cultural history.

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About the Author

Among the awards that Kitty Kelley has been honored with by her professional peers are the Outstanding Author Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for her "courageous writing on popular culture," the Philip M. Stern Award for her "outstanding service to writers and the writing profession," the Medal of Merit from the Lotos Club in New York City, and the 2005 PEN Oakland Literary Censorship Award. She has also been selected as a member of Vanity Fair magazine’s Hall of Fame. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, People, Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall’s, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune.

From AudioFile

OPRAH is an unauthorized biography by one of the most widely read pop biographers of our era. Kitty Kelley conducted more than 800 interviews during four years of research on her subject. Kelley walks us through Oprah Winfrey's life--from her humble beginnings to her rise in TV and her bad choices surrounding men, drugs, and an unyielding food addiction, as well as her relationships with partner Steadman and BFF Gail. As the author's voice brims with remarkable self-assurance and abundant sarcasm, her delivery has a steady rhythm and a good level of energy. While this highly critical book may surprise people, it most certainly won't be one of Oprah's favorite things. B.C.E. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Large Print
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 073937785X
• ISBN 13: 9780739377857
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 912