Oprah Winfrey will tell all in The Life You Want, her long-awaited memoir set to be published in January 2017 via Flatiron Books. the president and publisher of Flatiron, Bob Miller, called The Life You Want "a remarkable combination of Oprah's life story and the lessons we can all draw from it for our personal growth." Winfrey added that the book's aim will be to "[inspire] other people to live the highest, fullest expression of themselves." She also noted how untold stores of her past ? "even the painful ones" ? will be included in the book.