Industry insiders and the press can’t seem to stop buzzing about the new unauthorized book coming out about the media queen Oprah Winfrey. The book written by Kitty Kelley is in bookstores today and speaks on Winfrey’s past relationships, family, her media empire, and how she got her start right here in Baltimore.
Charm City gets plenty of face time in Kitty Kelley’s “Oprah,” the unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey. In fact, “Baltimore” is the seventh word in Kelley’s book, appearing well before “Hollywood,” “talk show,” “book club” or even “successful” (but after “Chicago,” Winfrey’s base of operations for the past 26 years).
Released in bookstores today, “Oprah” follows Winfrey from her hardscrabble beginnings in Mississippi (while quoting relatives who insist her youth wasn’t nearly as impoverished as she’s made it sound) to her current status as a media superstar and philanthropist. Kelley spent some four years writing the book, which presents Winfrey as an intelligent, driven woman, emotionally fragile at times but determined to succeed and not above stepping on a few toes if necessary. Much of what Kelley includes in the book has been revealed in other places, including the tabloids and, occasionally, by Winfrey herself. Kelley also contends that she knows the identity of Winfrey’s real father but can’t reveal it.
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