Bits and Pieces

My Mother, My Brother, and Me

De: Whoopi Goldberg

Narrado por: Whoopi Goldberg

Duración: 6 h y 43 m

Resumen del Editor

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 wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010—and then her older brother, Clyde, five years later—she felt deeply alone; the only people who truly knew her were gone.

Emma raised her children not just to survive, but to thrive. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, Whoopi shares many of the deeply personal stories of their lives together for the first time. Growing up in the projects in New York City, there were trips to Coney Island, the Ice Capades, and museums, and every Christmas was a magical experience. To this day, she doesn’t know how her mother was able to give them such an enriching childhood, despite the struggles they faced—and it wasn’t until she was well into adulthood that Whoopi learned just how traumatic some of those struggles were.

Fans of personal memoirs such as Finding Me by Viola Davis and In Pieces by Sally Field will be touched by Bits and Pieces: a moving tribute from a daughter to her mother, and a beautiful portrait of three people who loved each other deeply. Whoopi writes, “Not everybody gets to walk this earth with folks who let you be exactly who you are and who give you the confidence to become exactly who you want to be. So, I thought I’d share mine with you.”

©2024 Whoopi Goldberg (P)2024 Blackstone Publishing

Thank you!

Thanking you for sharing that family ties are made stringer by genuinely caring, loving, and accepting each other.

go whoopi

i could not "put this book down"! absolutely loved it! whoopi is so insightful! bravo!!!

Enjoyable

Enjoyable listen ..some great stories! Not exactly what I was expecting but I enjoyed it just the same.

Whoopi

I LOVED this book!!! I loved listening to Whoopi read it! It was the best. There were so many rings I could relate to especially the cartoons and Penny candy. I have been a fan since her one woman show and I have the old one and new one on DVD that I watch all the time. Seen all of her movies and I went to see her in Vegas once. I am just as excited about her book as I was for all of her other projects. I have downloaded another one I think it is called Run! This is so great except I think there may be pictures in the printed copy but not in this audible! Thank you Whoopi for the laughs and sharing such great memories! Your mom was an AWESOME woman and that for sharing her with the world!!!

thank you

your book like you was a beautiful journey. I'm also a 60 some odd year old kid from the project of New York so your journey so memorable for me. like you and everybody else but I've been through a thing or two couple of marriages couple things worked out a couple of them didn't but to listen to your book your wisdom your story extremely meaningful for me and hopefully many many many many many others. I do now have always and still will in the future love you Miss Goldberg

Wonderful Memoir

I absolutely loved this book. Whoopi told her story with such adoration for her Mother and Brother. I wish all families were so close. Her Mother was strict but did everything for her kids.

Memories

This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. Whoopi narrating it was chef’s kiss. Made me adore her on a different level. And her narrative of old NYC brought back so many childhood memories of my own with Mr Softee and the icee-man.

Alot of things mimic my own upbringing, had me laughing and smiling so much.

Whoppi's reading was so entertaining, loved her singing and change in voices. So good. Finished in one sitting

Made me laugh

Really enjoyed reading g about her mom. It explains why Whoopi is the way she is. The part where her mom just left everything in apartment and tossed keys I. The
Incinerator was really funny. Very relatable and reminded me of some things me and my daughter experienced with my mom. My daughter did the same thing to my mom when she came to visit me and stay with my daughter while I attended a training /school for my job. She made some sort of cake that was terrible. My daughter would tell me how bad it was and I told her to just cut a piece and toss it in trash. My mom made a second one cause she thought my daughter liked it. I just laughed so hard! Great story and quick easy read.

KEEPING IT WHOOPI😎

Whoopi was open, authentic, and REAL with sharing her life love, lessons, legacy living with two extremely brilliant one of a kind people in her life, her MOTHER & HER BIG BROTHER PROTECTOR CLYDE…WHOOPI THANKS FOR BEING YOUR AUTHENTIC YOU👏🏾🫂😎❤️