Audition: A Memoir by Barbara Walters Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Audition: A Memoir
Book Review: Thoroughly Enjoyed The Book
Summary: 5 Stars
It took me a while to read the book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it...I remember most of the interviews she talked about it and remember getting really excited when one of her Specials was coming on tv....Passed it on to a dear friend who I am sure will also enjoy itBook Review: Audition by Barbara Walter
Summary: 1 Stars
I have not received this book. The last promised date has past for almost one week. What is happening. I can not obviously review this item.Book Review: Barbara tells it like it is
Summary: 4 Stars
Barbara herself should be on her list of top 10 most fascinating people. Those people who gave her a bad review fail to see the impact she's made for the next generation of working women and especially in television journalism. It's almost impossible to balance work and home these days, let alone being the first woman having to deal with all those male chauvinistic tactics and prejudices at work. I'm not saying what she did in regards to her daughter and family is right or wrong, but those are her choices and they're never easy to make. Its easy to judge from the outside looking in.
I especially enjoyed the parts of her childhood and adolescence. It was hard to put it down!
Book Review: Success Gone Wild
Summary: 1 Stars
A woman I have admired for many a year. A woman who let it go to her head. This was one of the most monotonous books I have ever read. I kept reading because I thought it had to start get interesting at some point. No, didn't happen. I just felt sadder and sadder besides being totally shocked that she felt she "had" to write this book.
Her portrayal of herself as a caring daughter, sister, mother - laughable. Her attempts to justify herself don't work. She revealed herself as nothing more than selfish, & egotisical. The lonliness and abandonment her adopted daughter must have felt. I have two adopted children - I would never have dreamed of leaving them for such long periods of time. The fact that she had a governess means nothing. How much of this time was spent away with her married lover? An unnecessary and tasteless revelation. Also, how many "dear & closest friends" can one person have? Laughable!
She should not have written this book but her ego forced her to. How sad she had to end her brilliant career in such a manner. Sad, sad, sad.
Book Review: I feel sorry for her daughter. . .
Summary: 1 Stars
Barbara Walters seems to be a pretty neglectful mom. She seemed to think it was OK to leave her daughter with a nanny while she *sought out* work that would take her all over the world.
And what's the first thing she tells us about this nanny? That she is a baroness! Not whether she is patient, or kind, or loving, or good with kids. In fact, she refers to the nanny as a "governess", though the nanny did not teach her daughter academics (the way governesses traditionally do).
When young Jackie grew up and starting running off, you could sense Barbara's desperation. How could she continue her jet setting life if Jackie went missing all the time? Jackie disappears for a month (according to a Dateline interview), and Barbara does not even call the police. I suspect she was worried about her professional image, though she says she was worried about putting Jackie in danger. In danger? She was missing! How much worse could it get?
And when Jackie is finally found, Barbara takes great pains to find a place where she cannot run away from again. That seems to be her main concern. Barbara spends a lot of time telling us how hard it would be to run away from this school. Why is this so important? So Barbara can return to her career, worry free. She never mentions the option of keeping Jackie at home and giving her lots of attention, love, and family therapy.
Poor Jackie. Alone in the NY apartment with her "governess" I wish she'd been adopted by a family with a mom, a dad, a dog and a white picket fence.