NEW YORK (AP) — Many of Tina Knowles’ fondest childhood memories are of sitting under a pecan tree as her mother recited the history of their family, stretching back generations. Now, the mother of Beyoncé and Solange has given her own story to the world with “Matriarch: A Memoir,” out this week.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are one of the world's most famous power couples. And they now have an equally famous family, with daughter Blue Ivy, 13, and seven-year-old twins, Rumi and Sir. But Beyoncé's mother,

Tina Knowles reflects on raising Beyoncé and Solange, healing through therapy, and leaving a decades-long marriage in her new memoir, "Matriarch."