Matriarch

A must-read memoir that you’ll want to share with all the women in your life. – Michelle Obama
A work of art. – Oprah Winfrey
In Matriarch, her touching, surprisingly beautiful memoir, Knowles weaves together a rich tapestry of a life defined by providing love … Matriarch encapsulates the hypocrisies of the American Dream while eventually turning into an ode to its possibilities. – Poppie Platt * Telegraph *
A gifted storyteller who weaves together intergenerational narratives into an impressively cohesive whole…Throughout Matriarch, such scrupulous accounts of systemic discrimination and violence paint a vivid picture of a topic that can otherwise feel hard to grasp - one of the book’s greatest strengths…What makes Beyoncé Beyoncé, Tina Tina, or you you? Matriarch poses big, pertinent questions, and the answers it offers are largely thoughtful. Packing plenty of wisdom even if neither you nor your progeny are global superstars, Matriarch insists on the multiplicity in us all - daughter, woman, mother, no matter how we came to be that way. – Emily Watkins * iNews *
I closed this book in awe of Knowles’ hard grafting, hard loving, open minded and humbly accountable parenting ethos. No wonder her girls grew up to feel they could run the world. – Helen Brown * Independent *
A touching tale of growing up in the US south. * The Times *
A mother memoir that, like Knowles herself, stands proud in a lineage of singular excellence. – India Block * Standard *
Matriarch is a rare look into the Knowles family … Tina Knowles gives us a full picture of her Southern childhood, witnessing her daughters’ blooming talents and her rocky marriage. – ‘The Best Nonfiction Books of 2025’ * Elle *
Have you ever wondered how the heck Beyoncé and Solange Knowles found their way to becoming the most talented people on planet Earth? It’s because they were raised and styled by Tina Knowles, whose unflinching memoir takes us from Texas to the top of the world. Her story is not just a rich tapestry of both her personal successes and failures but a beautiful exploration of her family’s story of being Black in America. She’s both an entrepreneurial and creative force, and this is an inside look at how her enduring pursuit of creative fulfillment helped establish the careers of today’s most beloved artists. – Claire Parker * Inbella *
An unusual take on motherhood, as it reveals the reality of rearing two musical superstars: Beyoncé and Solange. We learn how Knowles, whose great-grandmother Célestine was a slave in Louisiana, became the ultimate stage mom, guiding her girls to realise their creative dreams while fostering pride in their blackness and womanhood. – ‘The best memoirs and biographies of 2025’ * Guardian *
Both her great-grandmother and grandmother fought to keep their children from being sold away or otherwise separated in slavery. How remains a mystery. Matriarchs, Knowles writes, “are filled with the most enduring and ferocious love.” * The New York Times *
As a fan of the Knowles family music empire, I was not expecting to uncover information I did not already know, but [Tina] Knowles proved me wrong. She delves deeper into her own backstory than ever before. * The Washington Post *
A great story of a singular American life. * Kirkus Reviews *
With very few regrets, Tina Knowles is a force to be reckoned with who has built her legacy on overcoming tragedy, taking calculated risks, love, and family and Matriarch beautifully places her epic life on center stage to inspire others. * Forbes *
The mother of all memoirs … An epic in the best sense. * Harper’s Bazaar *

TINA KNOWLES is an American businesswoman, fashion designer, art collector and activist. She helped guide Destiny’s Child—the music group comprised of Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams—to global commercial success. With her daughter Beyonce she cofounded and ran the House of Dereon, a clothing line named for her mother, later adding the Miss Tina line, which revolutionized size inclusivity. In 2024, she helped to create Cecred, Beyonce’s haircare 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.

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