Oprah：A Biography

图书标准信息

• 作者 Kitty Kelley（凯蒂·凯利） 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2011-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780307394873
• 定价 69.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 579页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Forthepasttwenty-fiveyears,noonehasbeenbetteratrevealingsecretsthanOprahWinfrey.Onwhatisarguablythemostinfluentialshowintelevisionhistory,shehasgottenherguests—oftenthebiggestcelebritiesintheworld—tobaretheirlovelives,exploretheirpainfulpasts,admittheirtransgressions,revealtheirpleasures,andexploretheirdemons.Inturn,Oprahhasrepeatedlyallowedheraudiencetoshareinherownlifestory,openingupaboutthesexualabuseinherpastanddiscussingherromanticrelationships,herweightproblems,herspiritualbeliefs,hercharitabledonations,andherstronglyheldviewsonthestateoftheworld.

AfteraquarterofacenturyoftheOprah-izationofAmerica,cantherebeanymoresecretslefttoreveal?

Yes.BecauseOprahhasmethermatch.

KittyKelleyhas,overthesameperiodoftime,fearlesslyandrelentlesslyinvestigatedandwrittenabouttheworld'smostreveredicons:JacquelineKennedyOnassis,FrankSinatra,NancyReagan,England'sRoyalFamily,andtheBushdynasty.Inher#1bestsellingbiographies,shehasexposedtruthsandexplodedmythstouncovertherealhumanbeingsthatexistbehindtheirmanufacturedfacades.

TurningherreportorialsightsonOprah,KelleyhasnowgivenusanunvarnishedlookatthestoriesOprah'stoldandthelifeshe'sled.KelleyhastalkedtoOprah'sclosestfamilymembersandbusinessassociates.Shehasobtainedcourtrecords,birthcertificates,financialandtaxrecords,andevencopiesofOprah'slegendary(andpunishing)confidentialityagreements.ShehasprobedeveryaspectofOprahWinfrey'slife,anditisasifshe'swrittenthemostextraordinarysegmentofTheOprahWinfreyShoweverfilmed—oneinwhichOprahherselfisfinallyandfullyrevealed.

Thereisacasetobemade,anditiscertainlymadeinthisbook,thatOprahWinfreyisanimportant,andevengreat,figureofthetwentiethandtwenty-firstcenturies.Butthereisalsoacasetobemadethatevengreatnessneedstobeexaminedandputunderamicroscope.Factmustbeseparatedfrommyth,truthfromhype.KittyKelleyhasmadethatseparation,showingbothsidesofOprahastheyhaveneverbeenshownbefore.Indoingsoshehaswrittenapsychologicallyperceptiveandmeticulouslyresearchedbookthatwillsurpriseandthrilleveryonewhoreadsit.

【作者简介】

Kitty Kelley is the internationally acclaimed bestselling author of Jackie Oh!; Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star; His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra; Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography; The Royals; and The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty. The last four titles were all #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. Kelley has been honored by her peers with such awards as the Outstanding Author Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for her “courageous writing on popular cul/x7fture,” the Philip M. Stern Award for her “outstanding service to writers and the writing profession,” the Medal of Merit from the Lotos Club of New York City, and the 2005 PEN Oakland Literary Censorship Award. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, People, Ladies’ Home Journal, McCall’s, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her physician husband, Jonathan Zucker.

From the Hardcover edition.,,

【目录】

Foreword

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

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Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Afterword

SomeOprahCredits,1984-2009

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

PhotographCredits

Index