Oprah Winfrey's 'Riveting' April Book Club Pick Is About One of Hollywood's Most Famous Moms
With her book club, Oprah Winfrey shines a light on fascinating stories, universal struggles, and, of course, authors who deserve a little more attention. With her latest selection, while we all know who the author is, their book will have us seeing them in a whole new light.
On April 22, Winfrey announced that her latest pick is Beyoncé and Solange's mom Tina Knowles's new memoir, Matriarch.
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'I am just delighted to tell you about the next Oprah's Book Club selection,' Winfrey said on Instagram. 'I'm telling you, I started reading in the galleys and I could not put it down. I was so impressed that I wanted all of you to also know about Matriarch by Miss Tina Knowles.'
Winfrey then gave a short summary of Knowles' story. 'Beginning with her life as a young girl in the 1950s, Matriarch details how Tina overcomes so many obstacles growing up in a segregated Galveston, Texas, to pursue her dreams far beyond anything society ever expected of a young woman,' she said.
'You're gonna want to clear your schedule, I tell you, when you start this book, as you will be totally riveted by the twists and the turns of this deeply personal and compelling story,' Winfrey said.
To Tina, the support from Winfrey is extra special. 'When I heard her voice [on the phone], I cried!' Knowles said in an episode of Winfrey's podcast, Oprah's Book Club: Presented by Starbucks. 'I have such a rich history with Oprah.'
'Writing a book about your life is a scary thing,' Knowles admitted. 'It's almost like having a baby. It's so personal and sacred to you that you want people to love it and not ever say anything bad about it. Getting the seal of approval from Oprah, and knowing that she read it and loved it, made it all OK. I mean, it's Oprah!! She is the queen of many things, but definitely the quintessential queen of books.'
'Being told that my book would be a pick for her book club, I thought I had died and gone to Heaven,' Knowles added.
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In the official description, readers learn that Matriarch is much more than about Knowles' childhood; it's about all of her life up to today, including her famous kids (plus 'bonus daughter' Kelly Rowland), her marriages, and more.
'That life's journey—through grief and tragedy, creative and romantic risks and turmoil, the nurturing of superstar offspring and of her own special gifts—is the remarkable story she shares with readers here,' the description reads. 'This is a page-turning chronicle of family love and heartbreak, of loss and perseverance, and of the kind of creativity, audacity, and will it takes for a girl from Galveston to change the world. It's 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 one another, mothers to daughters, across generations.'
Knowles's debut memoir is available today, on April 22, 2025. Get your copy today!Best of SheKnows
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Bush, froze her eggs before meeting her husband Craig Coyne, according to her twin sister, Jenna Bush Hager. In an episode of Hoda Kotb's podcast Making Space, Hager revealed that Barbara, 39, planned to become a single mom if necessary. 'Before my grandmother [First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush] died, [my sister] had a conversation with her [about having kids on her own],' Hager said. 'My grandmother said, 'I think that's a really good idea.' So Barbara froze her eggs and was planning, if she didn't meet somebody, to go ahead and do it.' Comedia Whitney Cummings found freezing 16 of her eggs to be an empowering, freeing experience. 'Before I froze my eggs, a guy that was kind of mediocre, I'd be like, 'I can fix this,'' she said. 'After [freezing my eggs], I would be like, 'Bye, I have eggs on ice. I don't need to do any of this.' There was just this freedom to it, whether I use them or not, that made me feel like I got another 10 years back. It took weight off.' Though she finds it to be a bit 'elitist,' she talks about the experience frequently in the hopes that it will lead to better insurance coverage for the procedure. Actor Francia Raisa said she felt 'relieved' when she went through the process of having 28 eggs frozen because it meant that she doesn't have to 'rush' with her 'biological clock ticking.' 'I don't want to settle,' the Secret Life of the American Teenager actor said. 'I really want to wait for the right person. … I really want to be friends with someone first and really know you, because I don't want to have to worry about that again ever.' In 2011, People magazine reported on Menounos' announcement on Dr. Drew's Lifechangers that she planned to freeze her eggs. 'I'm 33, and I decided that I know I have a couple of years of work I want to get to, and then do it,' she stated, continuing, 'I figured this is kind of an insurance policy.' After a more than 10-year-long long fertility journey, the couple announced in Feb. 2023 that they are expecting a child via surrogate. In 2016, Olivia Munn revealed to People magazine that she 'froze a bunch of eggs,' explaining that when she 'turned 35, then you're high risk'. She continued, 'I did, years ago, freeze a bunch of eggs. I went to the doctor and did the whole test and he said, 'You know, you actually have a lot of eggs. You're really lucky.'' Munn now has a 1-year-old son, Malcom, with husband John Mulaney. Vergara's embryos have been at the center of a legal battle in recent years, beginning when Vergara froze them in 2013. You can read the full details of the case at Slate, but for now, the embryos she froze while dating ex-boyfriend Nick Loeb remain frozen. In 2017, Kaitlyn Bristowe explained in a Good Morning America interview why she chose to freeze her eggs: "I think a lot of women feel pressure to have kids, especially when you get engaged. And for me, I'm like, I don't want that pressure on myself. This is kind of a backup plan for us and for us to feel comfortable. It's kind of like insurance," she stated. The frozen eggs of Real Housewives of New York star Tinsley Mortimer became part of her season 10 storyline, with the most notable discussion about her decision coming during a particularly memorable chat with her mother about the eggs while she was trying on wedding dresses. In 2017, model and former Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa opened up about her choice to freeze her eggs. While chatting with Life & Style, Krupa explained, "Thank goodness I froze my eggs. I would honestly be freaking out right now if I didn't. You don't want to wake up one day and be like, 'My god, what was I thinking?' I decided a few years ago to freeze them so I would be safe." In 2017, Ora revealed during an interview with Australian morning news program Sunrise (as reported on further by The Guardian) that she froze her eggs in her early 20s: "You're healthiest now and I think it would be great, why don't you put them away now and you'll never have to worry about it again?" While reporting on her second pregnancy in 2009, People magazine noted that Dion has frozen her eggs while attempting to conceive her first child, René-Charles, in 2001. In 2011, former Playboy model Bridget Marquardt opened up to Us Weekly about her decision to freeze her eggs. "When I was 34 I went and had my eggs harvested," she explained, going on to describe the difficult process: "Looking back I was like, 'It was easy,' but it wasn't that easy. It's a lot of medication, a lot of hormones. You have to inject yourself in the stomach and I'm so terrified of needles! It was a difficult thing for me to do."
