Matriarch
Tina Knowles is known to the world as the mother of Beyonce and Solange, but in this memoir she steps forward as the central figure. She traces her family's roots from Louisiana to Galveston, Texas, where she grew up with a beautifully complicated name in the segregated South. She writes about racism, her marriage, building a business, and the choices that shaped how she raised her daughters and her bonus daughters into the women they became. Warm and frank, the book is both a personal life story and a portrait of the family that produced two of the most famous artists in the world.
What you might want to know about Matriarch
The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.
Tina Knowles tells her own story, from the segregated South to raising Beyonce and Solange, and the family history behind them.
Tina Knowles is an entrepreneur, fashion designer, and philanthropist, and the mother of Beyonce and Solange Knowles. Matriarch, published in 2025, is her memoir.
No. While it covers raising her famous daughters, the memoir centers on Tina Knowles's own life, family history, and journey from Galveston, Texas.
Matriarch was written by Tina Knowles, published in 2025 by One World.
Matriarch is 432 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Matriarch takes most readers 6 to 9 hours to finish.
Matriarch is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.