Dear Gossips,    

It was announced yesterday that Tina Knowles will be releasing a memoir, Matriarch, next April. And the cover reveal happened on CBS Mornings by Gayle King. 

@cbsmornings

We have an exclusive first look at the cover of Tina Knowles’ memoir, “Matriarch,” which follows the legendary stylist’s journey from childhood to raising her superstar daughters, Beyoncé, Solange and her bonus daughter, Kelly Rowland. “Matriarch” will be out April 22, 2025. #tinaknowles #beyonce #solange #kellyrowland #memoir #book #booktok

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Miss Tina also shared the European cover on Instagram and this has always been fascinating to me, the way book covers differ by territory. 

 

The publishers have their data on reader preferences and tastes per region, and I guess the marketing team in Europe decided that a standard book cover portrait over the artwork that will cover the version in North America will work better in that part of the world. Personally I prefer the artwork because I think it better reflects the book’s description: “a multigenerational family saga that carries within it the story of America—and the wisdom that women pass on to each other, mothers to daughters, across generations.” Miss Tina was shaped by preceding matriarchs, carrying their experiences and their lessons through her life, to the point now where she is seen to be a matriarch leading a new generation of future matriarchs. That portrait, then, points to legacy, the kind of portrait seen hanging in a mansion long after the subject has departed. Celestine Beyoncé remembers and, through her stories and her descendants, she will be remembered. 

 

Speaking of descendants, Beyoncé also posted the cover on her Instagram, and with a caption too. That caption included a truth, a pun, and a joke wrapped into a request: 

“But please don’t include too much Mama Tea.”

 

Mama Tea, like Mama T for Tina. And Mama Tea because, well, if there’s one person who Beyoncé will never be able to NDA, it’s her mother. This is the best endorsement Beyoncé could have possibly given the Matriarch, since we all know from Miss Tina’s social media activity, sometimes she really doesn’t get the co-sign. 

Matriarch will be released on April 22, 2025. I wonder how much we’ll see her daughters on the book tour. 

Yours in gossip, 

Lainey