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An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.If it weren't for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and…
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By any measure, Whoopi Goldberg has had an incredible career and life.
She’s an EGOT – Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony winner. Rare indeed! Nothing in her upbringing would have led anyone to believe she was destined to become a huge star. That is, except for her mom’s belief in her and her raw talent.
Now, in the wake of the deaths of both her mother and her brother, Whoopi shares the family dynamic that propelled her past any dreams she might have had, despite steep odds against her in the entertainment world.
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