OWN: Oprah Winfrey NETWORK and O, The Oprah Magazine announce the newest Oprah's Book Club selection, Love Warrior, by Glennon Doyle Melton, available on Amazon and in bookstores nationwide. This astonishing memoir depicts Melton's journey after she discovers her husband's infidelity and uses her grief and anger as a path to her own redemption. Love Warrior captures the beauty that unfolds when one woman refuses to settle for good enough, stops numbing or denying her pain, and makes her own rules for love and life. Harpo Films has optioned the film and television rights to the book.
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"To have
Oprah Winfrey - the woman who taught the world not to fear raw, intimate discussions - help introduce 'Love Warrior' to the world feels like magic to me," said Glennon Doyle Melton. "I trust Oprah, and I'm honored."
The cross-platform book club selection kicks off with Oprah's interview with Melton in the October issue of O, The Oprah Magazine (on sale September 13). Oprah.com will feature a reading guide as well as Oprah's personal thoughts about the book, and the official Oprah's Book Club group on Goodreads (
Goodreads.com/OprahsBookClub), will feature content and encourage discussions about the new book club selection.
Oprah.com and
Amazon.com will feature video clips of Oprah speaking with Glennon Doyle Melton about the book and readers can enjoy a free sample by clicking on Kindle instant preview on either site.
Glennon Doyle Melton will join
Oprah Winfrey on "Super Soul Sunday" on September 11 for a conversation about how sharing the truth of our lives is a key to unlocking a true spiritual connection with those around us. Additionally, Glennon Doyle Melton and OWN Lifeclass teacher Brené Brown will launch a groundbreaking digital eCourse entitled "The Wisdom of Story." With Love Warrior as a foundation, this digital eCourse will lead students to experience how owning and sharing our stories can transform our lives, our families and our communities, and how honest storytelling blazes a path to courage and connection. The four-part online workshop launches on Brene Brown's COURAGEworks platform on September 12.
Love Warrior is available for purchase Tuesday, September 6 on
Amazon.com/oprahsbookclub, on Audible and in bookstores nationwide.
About Oprah's Book Club In June 2012,
Oprah Winfrey reintroduced her popular book club as an interactive, multi-platform reading club that harnesses the power of social media, bringing passionate readers together to discuss inspiring stories. After being selected as the club's inaugural book, Wild by
Cheryl Strayed (Knopf) returned to the top of the New York Times Best Sellers list and spent six consecutive weeks at #1. Other selections include The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking), Ruby by
Cynthia Bond (Hogarth), The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (Knopf),
UNDERGROUND Railroad, by Colson Whitehead and Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton.
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