Bits and Pieces

My Mother, My Brother, and Me

By: Whoopi Goldberg

Narrated by: Whoopi Goldberg

Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

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

Outstanding, funny heartfelt, and toughing. life lessons

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Listened to "Bits and Pieces" today.
It was so wonderful, funny and touching.
I Have been sick for a week and listening to it has touched me to my core. You were blessed to have a Mom like your Momma. I was blessed for mine warts and all.
I hope my kids feel the same about me when I am gone.

Your stories about your childhood took me back to those times and reminded me of my upbringing . I am 69 and I remembered all the things you spoke of.
What a wonderful story highly recommend it.
The nursing story was just like mine I laughed so hard.

I’ve missed the funny…

I remember watching Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple, Ghost, and Jumping Jack Flash. Nowadays we see her on The View and most of the commentary she presents comes from a seriously place. So getting a chance to read this and share in her stories about her childhood with her mother and brother shed a lot of light on “who” she is and why she is so funny. I laughed so hard during certain moments in the book. I wholeheartedly agree with her regarding marriage but I didn’t have to do it to know that ain’t my thing.

I encourage everyone to read this book, there’s good advice, funny times and things I took and asked my mom about that I had never heard of…it’s a great read, time & adventure into Whoopi’s World.

go whoopi

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

Thank you!

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

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

This Book Is EVERYTHINNNG🙌🏾

Whoopi’s stories, and her reading of them is incredibly engaging and inspiring, and of course, Whoopi is HILARIOUS!!! Thank you for sharing your family memories with us…🙏🏾

authentic ity

loved this book. how lucky Whoopi was to have had such a wonderful connection and love with her mom and brother. wonderful story. very funny at times. highly recommend.

Love it so much I cried and laugh ♡

I really enjoyed this book I love it so much thank you Whoopi Goldberg for writing it I just lost my mom recently in 2023. I love Whoopi Goldberg I love her voice and I love everything about her I'm grateful that she wrote this book it really helped me a lot. she has an amazing life she's a great narrator. I love how much she loves her mom and her brother and she gave really good advice in the last chapter.

Enjoyable

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

Love the story & narration

I loved the entire book.. Also Whoopi’s voice just added the icing. There’s not a thing I didn’t like.