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MATRIARCH
Tina Knowles with Kevin Carr O'Leary
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MATRIARCH

Beyoncé’s mother tells her story for the first time ever

by Tina Knowles with Kevin Carr O'Leary

One World · 2025

Peak rank

#1

Weeks on list

5

Weeks at #1

1

Debuted

May 2025

Chart History

#1510152025

5 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, including 1 week at #1

The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK 'A must-read memoir that you'll want to share with all the women in your life' MICHELLE OBAMA 'A work of art' OPRAH To understand the icons Beyoncé, Solange and Kelly, you have to understand where they came from... A deeply personal and revelatory memoir by Ms Tina Knowles - as you've never seen her before. Tina Knowles, the mother of icons Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: the woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time. But this story is about so much more than that. For the first time ever, Tina Knowles shares her remarkable story in Matriarch. A life of grief and tragedy, love and heartbreak, the nurturing of her superstar daughters - and the perseverance and audacity it takes for a girl from Galveston, Texas to change the world. This intimate and revealing memoir is a multigenerational family saga and a celebration of the wisdom that women, mothers and daughters pass on to each other across generations. A glorious chronicle of a life like none other and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood. 'The mother of all memoirs . . . An epic in the best sense' HARPER'S BAZAAR

All Appearances

1NEWMay 11, 2025wk 1
3↓2May 18, 2025wk 2
2↑1May 25, 2025wk 3
5↓3June 1, 2025wk 4
14↓9June 8, 2025wk 5

Details

ISBN-13
9780349703602
ISBN-10
0349703604
Published
2025
Pages
517
Publisher
One World
Categories
Biography & Autobiography

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