Well now it’s official as Flatiron announced that Winfrey has signed with them to release her book titled The Life You Want, which is set for publication in January of 2017! Oprah has said that she hopes she “inspires other people to live the highest, fullest expression of themselves” (so basically what Oprah does daily) in the book and plans to detail a few untold stories from her life, “even the painful ones”.
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One thing’s for sure, we’ll be reading in anticipation for plenty of ah-ha moments of our own. Winfrey’s imprint doesn’t have a name yet, but is expected to feature several nonfiction works a years. Winfrey inked a deal with Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan. She was a co-producer of the film Selma and regularly publishes the magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine.
Winfrey’s entry into publishing, an industry in which she has wielded enormous influence through her book club, marks her latest effort to expand her media empire following the end of her talk show in 2011. “And I named him Canaan because Canaan means new land, new life”, said Winfrey about her son whom she gave birth and lost as a teenager, reported People.
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Bob Miller, president and publisher of Flatiron Books told Deadline: ‘We’re deeply honored to publish The Life You Want, which is such a remarkable combination of Oprah’s life story and the lessons we can all draw from it for our personal growth.
