Whoopi Goldberg To Publish New Memoir in Spring 2024: ‘It’s Dedicated to Love’ (Exclusive)

In a new book, Whoopi Goldberg pays tribute to the people who shaped her. The EGOT winner, 68, announced the imminent publication of her new memoir, Pieces: My mother, my brother and me, exclusively with PEOPLE. The book, forthcoming this spring from Blackstone Publishing, will tell the story of Goldberg’s life, career and family in her own words. “This book is dedicated to my mother and my brother and our time together as a small, funny little unit. It’s dedicated to anyone who’s found themselves on a terrifying path that they didn’t choose or faced loss,” says Goldberg in an exclusive statement.

‘Bits & Pieces: My Mother, My Brother and Me’ by Whoopi Goldberg.

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Scraps not Goldberg’s first book. The actress previously published several children’s books, including those from 1992 Alice and Sugar Plum ballet flats series, and her books for adults include If someone says ‘You complete me’…Run!.Goldberg’s memoir, however, switches gears and is “semi-autobiographical,” according to a press release obtained by PEOPLE. The book focuses on Goldberg’s life growing up in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York with her mother, Emma Harris, who died in 2010, and her older brother, Clyde K. Johnson, who died in 2015.

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Goldberg will also touch on the incident when her mother came home from the hospital with no memory of her children — which was “the exact moment when the trajectory of Goldberg’s life changed.” The book will serve as a way for the author to preserve the memories of her loved ones on the page.

Whoopi Goldberg.

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“Whoopi Goldberg is an icon and superstar whose work I have deeply enjoyed and admired for many years,” said Rick Bleiweiss, Blackstone’s head of New Business, in a press release. “She’s also a person with a great deal of humanity…it’s a fascinating and compelling read.”

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Goldberg has long been a celebrated part of the entertainment industry. In 1984, she made her Broadway debut Whoopi Goldbergwhich was created from her solo play Spook Show. In addition to her longtime, Emmy-winning stint as a daytime talk show host ViewGoldberg appeared in films such as 1985 Purplewhere she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, in the 1990s The ghostfor which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Sister Act franchises, among others.

Whoopi Goldberg.

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Scraps it charts the rise of the beloved performer and is a dedication to the loved ones who supported her along the way.”This book is dedicated to anyone who is just trying to figure out the little things as well as the things where you have to be more than you thought you could be and it’s dedicated to love,” she says Goldberg.Pieces: My mother, my brother and me will be published on May 7, 2024.

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