Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk

Robyn Okrant

Center Street, Jan 4, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 272 pages

What happens when a thirty-five-year-old average American woman spends one year following every piece of Oprah Winfrey's advice on how to "live your best life"? Robyn Okrant devoted 2008 to adhering to all of Oprah's suggestions and guidance delivered via her television show, her Web site, and her magazine. LIVING OPRAH is a month-by-month account of that year.
Some of the challenges included enrollment in Oprah's Best Life Challenge for physical fitness and weight control, living vegan, and participating in Oprah's Book Club. After 365 days of LIVING OPRAH, Okrant reflects on the rewards won and lessons learned as well as the tolls exacted by the experiment.

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Review: Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Live as TV's Most Influential Guru Advises

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Oh dear, what can I say about this book that crashed my high expectations? I saw this on a to-read list of a friend on GoodReads, and it immediately appealed to me. I love experiment books. I love ...

Review: Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Live as TV's Most Influential Guru Advises

User Review - Goodreads

Living Oprah is the story of a woman who follows all the advice Oprah gives via her show or magazine in 2008. I have never been a rabid Oprah fan, but I would catch her show sometimes that year before ...

About the author

Robyn Okrant is a writer, filmmaker, performer, and yoga teacher. A graduate of Bennington College, she also holds an MFA in performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives with her husband and two cats in Chicago.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk
• Author: Robyn Okrant
• Publisher: Center Street, 2010
• ISBN: 1599952394, 9781599952390
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Social Science / Popular Culture