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Her father, lou walters, was the owner and creative mind behind the legendary latin quarter nightclub, and it was his risktaking lifestyle that made barbara aware of the ups and downs that can occur when someone is willing to take great risks. Is it surprising that barbara walters begins her book by saying that she had planned to title the book sister p. And this book is very much about her private life too. After more than fifty years of interviewing heads of state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, murderers, inspirational figures, and celebrities of all kinds, barbara walters has turned her gift for examination onto herself to reveal the. Barbara walters, arguably the most important woman in the history of television, has had an amazingly full life. Its hard not to be fascinated by the arc of her career in. It would be easy for anyone writing their own personal memoir to gloss over the hard times and the struggles, but walters presents her story with a grace that invites you into her world. Barbara walters amazing career walters signs copies of her book audition. But odonnell was very difficult to work withlike a rollercoaster ride or a bumpy trip on a fastmoving bus, walters wrote in her 2008 memoir, audition.
This book is her final audition, as she opens up both her private and public lives. Overall, it was an incredibly interesting and engaging book for me to read, even though there were one or two chapters that were slow reading. From publisher description includes index lou, dena, and my princess grandmother my childhood skinnymalinkydink sixtythree cents. My draw to the book was its focus on a television journalist who hobknobs with celebrities, heads of state and american politicians while she juggles a career and a family life.
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