Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A glorious chronicle of a life like none other--enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering--and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood

"A beautiful and brave story of strong women, fierce mothering, and the power of continued evolution."--Michelle Obama

"A fascinating memoir of Tina Knowles's journey to become the global figure she is today."--Oprah Winfrey

"Told in rich color with flourishes so detailed . . . they conjure a fully realized world the reader can inhabit."--The Washington Post

Here is a page-turning chronicle of family love and heartbreak, loss and perseverance, and the kind of creativity, audacity, and will it takes for a girl from Galveston to change the world. Matriarch is one brilliant woman's intimate and revealing story, and a multigenerational family saga that carries within it the story of America--and the wisdom that women pass on to each other, mothers to daughters, across generations.

Author: Tina Knowles
Publisher: One World
Published: 04/28/2026
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9780593597422
ISBN10: 0593597427
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Family & Relationships | Parenting | Motherhood
- Biography & Autobiography | African American & Black

About the Author
Tina Knowles is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, art collector, and activist. Born Celestine Ann Beyoncé in Galveston, Texas, to a longshoreman father and seamstress mother, she learned dressmaking at an early age. In 1986, she opened Headliners, a groundbreaking hair salon that became a multimillion-dollar phenomenon in Houston. As a stylist, designer, and mother, she helped guide the day-to-day path of Destiny's Child--the music group comprised of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams--to global commercial success. With her daughter Beyoncé she cofounded and ran the House of Deréon, a clothing line named for her mother, later adding the Miss Tina line, which revolutionized size inclusivity. In 2024, she helped to create Cécred, Beyoncé's hair-care line. Her philanthropic portfolio includes the nonprofit performing arts organization WACO Theater Center; The Knowles-Rowland Center for Youth in Houston; and Tina's Angels, her thriving mentoring program for at-risk youth in South Central Los Angeles. She serves as chairwoman of BeyGOOD, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing economic equity through a wide array of initiatives. Tina Knowles is a grandmother of six and a Matriarch to many.