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“Entertainer Whoopi Goldberg’s raspy timbre and amused tone make her the only person appropriate to narrate her memoir. As listeners hear just a trace of a New York City inflection at the ends of some sentences, the story of Goldberg’s career is skillfully woven into anecdotes featuring her exceptional mother, Emma Johnson, and her unique older brother, Clyde.” Read more...
“Whoopi Goldberg many of us know as a comedian and an actor—movies like Ghost and Color Purple. She is now also a talk show host. But I didn’t really think about her life and background too much. What was lovely about Bits and Pieces is that she’s talking about her mother and her brother, who she was close to, and who have both passed away. So, she’s talking about her grief, but it was such a hopeful, wonderful experience to listen to. She had such love and respect and holds them in a lovely place. She talks about her childhood, which wasn’t free of challenges. Her mother’s life was really difficult. She didn’t know that her mother was sent away for a mental illness for a while. When she returned, she had memory loss, she couldn’t really understand her relationship with her kids, but she faked it till she made it on some level. What I really enjoyed about this listening experience was that Whoopi sounded so natural. You can hear her laugh, you can hear her have these reactions—and she just sounds like she’s telling you a story and discovering the words as she goes along, which is unusual. It didn’t feel as if it was written, if that makes sense.” Read more...
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