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 enlarge | Author: Barbara Walters
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  219 reviews
Sales Rank: 706
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 624
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.2 x 2.2
ISBN: 030726646X
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
EAN: 9780307266460
ASIN: 030726646X
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Condition: New book w/perfect interior; exterior has slight wear
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Much Better Than My Expectations! August 6, 2008
I purchased this book with some hesitation as I had viewed all the media reports and thought that I had heard everything interesting from the book already (the affair with the African American senator, the drama surrounding the View, etc.). Thus, I was pleasantly surprised when I really couldn't put the book down! I found Ms. Walters' early life to be fascinating and her story truly a remarkable one. What I really enjoyed, however, were her discusssions regarding all of the people she has interviewed. She gives the inside story behind the interview and what the people were really like. I will never look at Fidel Castro the same again! It really was a perfect balance between her personal life and career--and, always, I appreciated her honesty. I would definitely recommend this book!
 Great Read! August 4, 2008
This was an amazing book, even with a full time job and two small children I read in 1-2 weeks. It is extremely well written and informative on both her personal and professional life. She has had an amazing life personally and publicly. My mom is reading now!
Thanks Barbara for sharing!
Engaging.. August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I didn't know much about Barbara Walters until I read this book. Quite frankly, I don't even like the View.
But I couldn't put the book down! She's had an extraordinary life and the book is well-written, fresh and entertaining. The most interesting parts for me were in the beginning; growing up & how she got her start in broadcasting.. the challenges she's had to face.
I love biographies and this is one of the better ones I've read. I highly recommend you give it a try.
Audition by Barbara Walters August 3, 2008
Excellent autobiography. As a young girl in the 60's, I usually had my breakfast watching Barbara Walters on the Today Show. I took her role as a female broadcasting pioneer for granted so reading her memoir was certainly an eye-opening experience. Probably, I would not have chosen to read this book but it was selected by my bookclub as our July selection. I am so glad I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was like a history lesson of the later part of the 20th century but written in a fresh and relevant style.I have always admired Ms. Walters but hold her in even more awe now; especially, since she is still working as hard as ever in this demanding profession! I hope she will write a sequel one day.
 She is a legend July 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
For I while I thought whoever she interviews like the Shaw Rheza Palevi, like Anwar Sadat, like Christopher Reeve, like his wife Dana, will die.
But that is not true, many people who lived after the interview lived happily ever after. Her involvement in the Iran Contra under President Ronald Reagon; her recount is a historical cross section through the last 50 years of the last century. Her very fascinating interview with the Dalai Lama which has led to a most adorable picture in the book. However at the end of the book she had a long article about Monica Lewinski, protecting her and mentoring her, which from Barbaras own words make it seem like this girl was out to get the president of the United States. Really badly I took about the last chapter about the View, which I abhore, women are allowed to shout at each other without restraint: best show there was Rosie O'Donell, an intelligent person. The beginning of this tome was about the Jewish parents and the little sister.
This book is very interesting, as a female makes it in the world of patriarchy in the world of Television.
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