{"product_id":"reading-with-oprah-kathleen-rooney-9781557288738","title":"Reading with Oprah: The Book Club That Changed America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdored by its fans, deplored by its critics, Oprah's Book Club has been at the center of arguments about cultural authority and literary taste since it began in 1996. \u003ci\u003eReading with Oprah\u003c\/i\u003e explores the club's revolutionary fusion of books, television, and commerce and tells the engaging and in-depth story of the OBC phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathleen Rooney combines extensive research with a dynamic voice to reveal the club's far-reaching cultural impact and its role as crucible for the clash between \"high\" and \"low\" literary taste. Comprehensive and up-to-date, the book covers the club from its inception in 1996, through the Jonathan Franzen contretemps, the surprising suspension in 2002, and, after the club's return in 2003, the progression from \"great books\" to memoir. New material includes an extensive look at the James Frey scandal and Oprah's turn to contemporary fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMiddlesex\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough close examination of Winfrey's picks and personal interviews with book club authors and readers, Rooney demonstrates how the club that Barbara Kingsolver calls \"one of the best possible uses of a television set\" has, according to Wally Lamb, \"gotten people of all ages to read, to read more, and to read widely.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst edition published in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Rooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1557288739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781557288738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.27w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 225","brand":"Kathleen Rooney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987881754879,"sku":"9781557288738","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32b25824-bc54-4ec0-953d-244470622461.jpg?v=1683291408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-with-oprah-kathleen-rooney-9781557288738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}