Oprah Winfrey Speaks

“Oprah Winfrey Speaks” is a non-fiction book on Oprah Winfrey. Oprah is one of the most influential women today. She was born on January 29,1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey. When Oprah lived with her step mom she was abused at age 14 and had a premature baby boy who died right after birth. Ophrah then moved to Nashville wiht her father and she left her past behind and started a new life as an honor student. Overall Oprah has lead a very interesting because of her unfortunate childhood but she was determined to make the best of things and look who she is today; one of the most influential voices.

This book goes through different steps in Oprah life, starting out with the woman that raised her and that was her Grandmother. Oprah says that she is who she is today because of her grandmother, she has given Oprah her strength and sense of reasoning. When Oprah was starting out in the television industry she went trough constant humiliation until she took control of her destiny which brings Oprah to were she is today.

Today Oprah has her own show The Oprah Winfrey Show and just two years later she won an Emmy for outstanding talk show host. Oprah then created Harpo Entertainment Company which means that she owns the show, the production company, the studio and now major part of the distributor. Know that Oprah has succeeded her personal worth is over $600 million. It easy to see that Oprah has a fortune of money but she also has a big heart and she is always giving away not only her money but her time to charities. That is the reason I admire Oprah Winfrey because there are so many other people int he world he might even have a greater fortune than her but she she shares and cares about others.

Through good and not so good times Oprah continues to strive to reach her goal. Oprah’s goal is to reach the highest level of humanity that is possible to her. For the future Oprah plans to continue her charity work and educating others about life through her show.

Overall this book has been more than inspiring because it really showed another side of Oprah which makes you love her even more. This book was also very educational because there were segments in which Oprah herself explain how to live your life. My favorite quote from Oprah is “Be persistent in pursuing your dreams”.

Laura