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Beyoncé is in the middle of her Cowboy Carter Tour, but she took some time out of her schedule earlier this year to record a portion of Matriarch: A Memoir, the new audiobook written by her mother Tina Knowles. Now, you can listen to Beyoncé’s narration of Matriarch for just $0.99 with a rare deal on Audible.
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For a limited time, you can get yourself an Audible Premium Plus membership through Amazon for $0.99 a month for the first 3 months, allowing you access to a wide range of audiobooks, including Knowles’ memoir. With this deal, you’ll receive one credit a month so you can pick from Audible’s entire premium selection to keep forever. Why not use one of your credits on the memoir? With this deal, you’ll also get unlimited listening to select audiobooks, Audible Originals and podcasts. After the first three months, your subscription will return to $14.95/month.
Beyoncé’s smooth melodic voice adds a rather personal touch to her mother’s book. The singer provides a voice-over introduction for the memoir, expressing gratitude for her mother’s honesty, bravery and compassion. The singer touches on Tina’s motherhood and her mother’s breast cancer diagnosis, a revelation that was further discussed in the book. The resulting narration is a deeply touching retelling of her mother’s story in crisp, clear detail. Solange, Kelly Rowland and Angie Beyincé, Beyonce and Solange’s cousin, also help narrate Tina’s story, as does Tina herself. The Matriarch book tour began on April 30, right on the heels of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour.
Matriarch: A Memoir By Tina Knowles
An Audible audio book narrated by Beyonce and Solange
Following its release, Matriarch earned a coveted spot on The New York Times‘ bestseller list. Beyoncé took to Instagram to celebrate her mother’s accomplishment. “Matriarch is officially a No. 1 New York Times bestseller,” the singer wrote, “The Mama T was that good?? Ha. You deserve it, I’m so proud!”
The book, of course, aims at shedding light on Tina and her famous family, debunking a few misconceptions along the way. “Now is the time,” Tina told the Los Angeles Times in an interview from April, “because people have so many misconceptions about my family and I wanted to tell the story myself and not have anyone else tell it.”
A particularly poignant moment in the book focuses on rumors that Bey was faking her pregnancy with Blue Ivy, a pregnancy that was famously announced at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. “This child was prayed for and prayed over — a wanted, cherished, real baby, and people were making a living off saying she was a lie,” Tina wrote, noting how the “Deja Vu” singer had suffered multiple miscarriages before Blue came along. “I wanted to curse some people out and scream at these losers to set the record straight. They had no idea what she and Jay and our whole family had been through.”
