Nellie Bly (2)

This is a so-so unauthorized biography with the usual dirt written in an amateurish way. It paints a picture of Winfrey as hard-scrabble from an abusive, small-town background to claw into a TV career with a key stepping stone over actual beauty pageant winner Maude Mobley. Her rise in the Chicago market is counterpoint to the an agonizingly slow courtship with Stedman Graham, fluctuating weight, and touchiness. One interesting thing is the recurring mention of psychics famous for some show more actual "prediction" making some pronouncement about Oprah which fails to come true. show less