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Oprah Winfrey is a talk show host and philanthropist. She was the host of the Oprah Winfrey Show, a daytime talk show in which she covered popular culture, world events, and self-help. The Girl Who Smiled Beads opens with Clemantine and Claire appearing on the second episode of a two-segment Oprah special. In the first episode, Oprah had toured Auschwitz with the writer and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. She then hosted an essay contest for essays written about Elie Wiesel’s book Night and greets the winners in the second episode. Clemantine Wamariya wins this essay contest and appears on the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago with Claire. Oprah questions Clemantine and Claire about their experience as refugees and genocide survivors and then surprises them with the news that she’s brought their parents from Rwanda to be on the show. In this way, Oprah orchestrates Claire and Clemantine’s first reunion with their estranged family.
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Often, still, my own life story feels fragmented, like beads unstrung. Each time I scoop up my memories, the assortment is slightly different. I worry, at times, that I’ll always be lost inside. I worry that I’ll be forever confused.
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Oprah Winfrey Quotes in The Girl Who Smiled Beads
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Often, still, my own life story feels fragmented, like beads unstrung. Each time I scoop up my memories, the assortment is slightly different. I worry, at times, that I’ll always be lost inside. I worry that I’ll be forever confused.
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