Oprah Winfrey: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) Summary and Reviews

Oprah Winfrey: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)
by Helen S. Garson

List Price: ~~$38.95~~
Our Price: $24.20
You Save: $14.75 (38%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $1.84 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Book Summary Information

Author: Helen S. Garson
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-30
ISBN: 0313323399
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Greenwood

Book Reviews of Oprah Winfrey: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

Book Review: Exciting Story
Summary: 4 Stars

I love Oprah and loved reading her biography. Her life story is exciting and inspiring and should be shared and read by people who wish to succeed against all odds.

Oprah Gail Winfrey was born in 1954. She is an Emmy Ward winning talk show host and magazine publisher. In 2003 Forbes magazine proclaimed her the first black woman billionaire in the world. She has appeared on Time magazine's 100 most influential people list more frequently than any other woman, and considered by many to be the most influential woman in the world.

Oprah is one of America's greatest philanthropists donating generously to charity. Not only is Oprah's personal charity giving unmatched by any other show business celebrity, but she has one of the most generous audiences in show business, raising money for various causes.

Oprah was on the first national broadcast of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 1986. In the mid-1990s the shows adopted a more serious format; addressing issues that Winfrey thought were of importance to women, such as infidelity, child abuse and cosmetic surgery. She often interviews celebrities on issues that directly involve them in some way, such as cancer, charity work, or substance abuse. In addition, she interviews ordinary people who have done extraordinary things or been involved in important current issues.

In 1985, Winfrey co-starred in Steven Spielberg's epic adaptation of Alice Walker's award-winning novel "The Color Purple". She earned immediate acclaim as Sofia, the distraught housewife. The following year Winfrey was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, but she lost. She has also acted in other films. Winfrey publishes two magazines and she has co-authored five books.

Winfrey has never married, but it is widely assumed that she has lived with her partner Stedman Graham for almost twenty years. The relationship of Oprah and Stedman has been documented through the years with numerous romantic tabloid articles often accompanied by color spreads of the couple at home and on lavish vacations.

Write your own review

More Oprah Winfrey: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) reviews:
1

Entertainers Books

Book Subjects

Most talked about in Entertainers Books

El Sid: Saint Vicious
by David Dalton
Griffin; Published: 1998-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.79
Price in other shops: ~~$11.95~~

Moonwalk
by Michael Jackson
Crown Archetype; Published: 2009-10-13; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.44
Price in other shops: ~~$25.00~~

High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly
by Donald Spoto
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2010-10-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops: ~~$16.00~~

Stand & Deliver: The Autobiography
by Adam Ant
Pan Macmillan; Published: 2007-04-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $105.86

San Antonio Rose: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF BOB WILLS (Music in American Life)
by Charles Townsend
University of Illinois Press; Published: 1986-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $33.50
Price in other shops: ~~$37.50~~

Orson Welles: Volume 1: The Road to Xanadu
by Simon Callow
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1997-02-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.22
Price in other shops: ~~$18.00~~

The Basketball Diaries
by Jim Carroll
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1987-07-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.52
Price in other shops: ~~$15.00~~