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9781559724197

The Uncommon Wisdom Of Oprah Winfrey A Portrait in Her Own Words

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    9781559724197

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-06-01
  • Publisher: Citadel
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Summary

In The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey Oprah evokes her impoverished childhood in the Deep South, her heralded rise as America's most successful talk show host, her experience as a movie actress, and her life as a single, enormously wealthy black woman in a white, male-dominated world.

Table of Contents

Growing-up Years
1(35)
Mississippi
1(6)
Childhood
1(3)
Her Grandmother
4(3)
Milwaukee
7(2)
Nashville
9(1)
Milwaukee II
10(13)
Her Mother
12(1)
Childhood Sexual Abuse
13(8)
School Days
21(2)
Teachers
23(1)
Family
24(3)
Nashville II
27(5)
Her Father
28(4)
Beauty Contests
32(2)
College Years
34(2)
Career Moves
36(24)
The News Business
36(1)
Baltimore
37(5)
The Makeover
39(2)
Life and ``Death'' in Baltimore
41(1)
``Suicide'' Attempt
42(1)
Drug Use
43(3)
Chicago, Chicago
46(14)
Big Sisters
51(1)
Donahue
52(3)
On Her Work
55(3)
Home Sweet Home(S)
58(1)
Her Restaurant
59(1)
The Oprah Winfrey Show
60(29)
In the Beginning
60(1)
National Syndication
61(1)
Talk Show Hosting
62(22)
Guests
67(1)
Her Audience
68(2)
Subject Matter
70(5)
Changes in Her Show
75(4)
On Signing to Renew the Show Through the 1997-1998 Season
79(2)
The Future of Her Show
81(2)
Her Vision for Her Show
83(1)
The Emmy Awards (and Others)
84(1)
Other Awards
85(1)
``Oprahisms''
85(4)
Harpo Productions
89(14)
The Studio
89(3)
Management Style
92(1)
Debra DiMaio
93(2)
The Deal With Disney
95(1)
Looking to the Future
96(2)
The ``Almost'' Autobiography
98(5)
On Television
103(7)
The Medium of Television
103(3)
Old-Time TV
105(1)
Those Other Talk Shows
106(4)
The ``Fame Thing''
110(17)
Celebrity
110(5)
On Fame
115(2)
Celebrities
117(6)
Princess Diana
122(1)
Letters
123(1)
The Tabloids
124(3)
Friends and Mentors
127(7)
Gayle King Bumpus
128(1)
Jeffrey Jacobs
129(1)
Barbara Walters
129(2)
Bill and Camille Cosby
131(1)
Maya Angelou
132(1)
Quincy Jones
133(1)
Oprah Winfrey, Actress
134(29)
On Acting
134(2)
Her Career in Movies
136(23)
The Color Purple
138(7)
Native Son
145(1)
The Women of Brewster Place
146(6)
Scared Silent
152(4)
There are no Children Here
156(2)
Beloved
158(1)
The Academy Awards
159(4)
Diet, Weight, Fitness
163(26)
Food
163(3)
Diets and Dieting
166(7)
Diets
166(2)
Dieting
168(4)
Rosie Daley
172(1)
Weight
173(8)
Health
181(1)
Fitness
181(5)
Running
183(1)
The Marathon
184(2)
``Get Movin' With Oprah''
186(3)
Love and Marriage and...
189(29)
Love
189(1)
Men
190(6)
Mr. Right
195(1)
Stedman Graham, Jr.
196(21)
The ``Marriage Question''
207(5)
On Having Children
212(5)
Puppy Love
217(1)
Oprah Herself
218(20)
Self-Image
218(7)
Outlook on Life
225(6)
Faith
231(1)
God
232(2)
Prayer
234(1)
Spirituality
235(2)
Inspiration
237(1)
Success
238(8)
Money
240(3)
Power
243(3)
Causes and Concerns
246(19)
Politics
246(1)
Children
247(11)
The National Child Protection Act
250(5)
Child Alert
255(2)
Families for a Better Life
257(1)
Race and Racism
258(7)
Short Subjects
265
Addiction
265
Aging
265
AIDS
266
Anger
267
Beauty
267
Books
268
Business
269
Depression
269
Education
270
Failure
270
Fears
271
Greatness
271
Heritage
273
Hope
274
Image
275
Her Life
275
Luck
276
Motherhood
276
Motivation
277
Poverty
278
Psychiatry
278
Shopping
279
Skiing
280
Theater
280
The Tonight Show
280
Travels With Oprah
282
Ethiopia
282
Europe
284
New York
284
Oklahoma City
285
South Africa
286
West Virginia
286
Wyoming
287
Trust
287
Truth
289
Work
290

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