Audition: A Memoir by Barbara Walters Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Audition: A Memoir
Book Review: BARBARA WALTERS AUDITION
Summary: 5 Stars
Here I am in Australia possibly one of a few to own the book as it is not due to hit our shelves until at least December. I received the book last night and sat up and read nearly half the book before I had to concede to sleep. She is a very interesting woman and the people she has met and interviewed is mind blowing and at the same time this intimate travel through Babara Walters life displays the humble and human side of her. I am betting that by late this evening I will have finished the book, because it was so hard to put down.
I would recommend it to anyone - even if you don't know the first thing about this lady. A book well worth buying.
Book Review: worth the money
Summary: 4 Stars
Entertaining.....very, very detailed story of Barbara's personal and public life. Long book, worth the money if you are a fan.
Book Review: Didn't Read the Book
Summary: 1 Stars
I will not support a woman that has had affairs by buying her book. Why not just put a PIG on the cover? Book Review: Good, Honest Insights for Working Women
Summary: 5 Stars
My mother-in-law gave me this book and I wasn't expecting to particularly like it, as I am not that familiar with Barbara Walter's work (other than a few specials I have watched.) I certainly didn't realize all the barriers she had broken through for women in journalism. But what really drew me into this book was her honesty about being a working mom - the conflicts she often felt between her own career drive and the needs of her daughter, parents, and disabled sister. She owns up to that most difficult of emotions that many of us working moms often feel but frequently deny - GUILT. But at this point in her life, she is philosophical about it, and doesn't come off as self-punishing, or as regretting her decisions. She is grateful for her extraordinary life, and comes off as having done the best she could. I especially appreciated her honesty about the difficulties she had with her daughter as a teenager. I think that chapter alone is worth reading the book. Book Review: Amazing life and way of telling it
Summary: 5 Stars
I got the electronic copy of the book and it was hard for me to put it down. It's very interesting, not just because of its candid tone, but also for its historical setting. Excellent use of the language without being snobbish.