The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words

Oprah Winfrey. William Morrow & Company, $15 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-688-14382-4

Those who can't get enough of Oprah might enjoy The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words. In this small-format volume, Bill Adler arranges chronologically, as well as by subject, hundreds of brief quotes by Oprah, drawn from myriad sources, into a breezy ""autobiographical depiction."" (Morrow, $15 224p ISBN 0-688-14382-2)

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