Jaico Great Lives Series : Oprah Winfrey A Biography

The name and the face of Orah Winfrey are instantly recognizable to just about every erson in the United States. To millions of eole around the world, Orah is the embodiment of American sirit and entrereneurial success; hers is a ragstoriches story come to life. While there is a near continual barrage of information in the media about this largerthanlife woman, this biograhy takes readers ast all the hye and hyerbole and resents a candid, balanced ortrait of the fleshandblood woman herself. This wellresearched ersonal rofile resents a realistic yet intimate ortrait of Orah that neither canonizes nor demonizes her.

The dramatic events in her life, both the struggles and the successes, are detailed with factual accounts that guide readers through the comlex, and sometimes controversial, course of Orahs life from her childhood in Mississii, to her current osition of extraordinary success. This enetrating book chronicles for readers the significant eole and events that have had the greatest imact on Orah ersonally and rofessionally.