Up Close: Oprah Winfrey

Well everyone has always wondered what a day in Oprah's shoes would be like. Well as a fan and a reader of her biography I have learned so many things about Oprah Winfrey that I never knew about. And I'm sure others also. She started life just like a regular human being. Born in Mississippi,raised b......more

"Up Close: Oprah Winfrey" was originally published in 2018. It was written by Ilene Cooper and it was incorporated to a series of different biographies of famous people. This book discusses Oprah’s life, from how she was raised by her grandma Hattie Mae to how she found her passion in life and reach......more

The life of Oprah Winfrey is one of the most inspirational biographies I have ever read. The biography includes many interesting facts from her life but transitions to Oprah’s point of view and gives some of her inspirational insight on the event. As a child, Oprah had always seemed positive and she......more

This biography was very interesting because I usually don't read biographies, but as I read this book I realized that biographies are not that bad. I still wouldn't go read a biography in my free time out of free will, but this book changed my opinion about biographies. I found this book very descri......more

This book covers Oprah's childhood and her life growing up in Tennessee and Milwaukee. There are so many fascinating things I learned about Oprah throughout this book. Some of the struggles that came her way were problems with weight, rape, and lack of money to go through school. Oprah's talents of......more