In The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey Oprah evokes her impoverished childhood in the Deep South, her heralded rise as America's most successful talk show host, her experience as a movie actress, and her life as a single, enormously wealthy black woman in a white, male-dominated world. This unforgettable collection of Oprah's comments plumbs such sensitive subjects as the abuse she suffered as a child, her experimentation with drugs, her feelings about success, how she relates to her family, and the causes that drive her. ...
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In The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey Oprah evokes her impoverished childhood in the Deep South, her heralded rise as America's most successful talk show host, her experience as a movie actress, and her life as a single, enormously wealthy black woman in a white, male-dominated world. This unforgettable collection of Oprah's comments plumbs such sensitive subjects as the abuse she suffered as a child, her experimentation with drugs, her feelings about success, how she relates to her family, and the causes that drive her. Oprah Winfrey perhaps best summed up her own sense of self when she said: "If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course." Deservedly adored by millions, the real Oprah Winfrey is revealed as never before in this astonishing, unauthorized book. This book has not been prepared, approved, or licensed by Oprah Winfrey, Harpo Productions, or by any entity that creates, produces, or broadcasts the Oprah Winfrey Show.
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