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Already on Several 'Bestseller' Lists

  • “There’s the thrill of having the world eat from your hand. Then to have the world fall at your feet—few ever have that experience. The only greater joy is to lay it all down at the foot of the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. What profits a woman if she gains the world, and loses what really counts? Stephen Mansfield’s new and timely book asks hard questions about Oprah but does so with a compassionate, earnest heart.”
    - Dr. Alveda C. King - Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.         
  
  • “Wow. Stephen Mansfield reveals the Oprah story no other dares to tell—and with a two-edged sword that rightly divides the truth from the lies.”
    - Star Parker, nationally syndicated columnist and media commentator
  • “An unvarnished account of Oprah’s life told graciously and irresistibly.  Mansfield upliftingly depicts the star’s rise from squalor while daringly disclosing the dangers of the new secular religion being foisted on America by Winfrey and her devotees.”
    - Rabbi Daniel Lapin, American Alliance of Jews and Christians
  • “This is an important book. Both kind and critical, Stephen Mansfield manages to praise Oprah’s real accomplishments, while exposing the all-too-real dangers of her spirituality, which are legion. I wish everyone could have read this book ten years ago. At least read it now.”
    - Eric Metaxas, author, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Oprah Facts:

  • Oprah is known for her extravagant generosity, giving cars, homes, and shopping sprees to staffers and audiences.
  • Oprah was the first black woman to appear on the Forbes' Billionaire List.
  • By 1998, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" had received more than forty Daytime Emmy Awards, at which point she removed herself from future consideration for the award.
  • With the establishment of Harpo Studios in 1988, Oprah became the third woman in the American entertainment industry to own her own studio, after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball.
  • "Oprah's Book Club" guarantees best-seller status for any of its selections.
  • The series finale of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was described by critics as the biggest moment in television history since Johnny Carson retired from "The Tonight Show" two decades earlier.
  • In the mid-1990's, when Oprah made the turn from shocking tabloid subject matter to spiritual and emotional health, she surprised the entire television industry by maintaining all of her viewers.
  • The series finale of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" had some advertisers paying $1 million for thirty seconds of commercial time.
  • Oprah is the only person to have been included in every consecutive "Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World" list between 2004-2011.
  • During high school, Oprah placed second in the nation in dramatic interpretation, due largely to her father's strong emphasis on education.

Songs from the Book:

Stevie Wonder "Superstitious"
Tower of Power "What is Hip?"
Bob Dylan "You Gotta Serve Somebody"

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