Oprah: A Biography - Kitty Kelley Audiobook

Written by Kitty Kelley
Read by Kitty Kelley
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 96 Kbps
Unabridged

Based on three years of research and reporting, as well as 850 interviews with sources, many of whom have never before spoken for publication, this 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.

Turning her reportorial sights on Oprah Winfrey, Kitty Kelley has now given us an unvarnished look at the stories Oprah’s told and the life she’s led. Kelley has talked to Oprah’s closest family members and business associates. She has obtained court records, birth certificates, financial and tax records, and even copies of Oprah’s legendary (and punishing) confidentiality agreements. She has probed every aspect of Oprah’s life, and it is as if she’s written the most extraordinary segment of The Oprah Winfrey Show ever filmed–one in which Oprah herself is finally and fully revealed.

For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influential show in television history, she has gotten her guests–often the biggest celebrities in the world–to bare their love lives, explore their painful pasts, admit their transgressions, reveal their pleasures, and explore their demons. In turn, Oprah has repeatedly allowed her audience to share in her own life story, opening up about the sexual abuse in her past and discussing her romantic relationships, her weight problems, her spiritual beliefs, her charitable donations, and her strongly held views on the state of the world.

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. Listeners 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.

Date of release: 2010
Length: 19 hours 56 minutes