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Audition: A Memoir 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Knopf Catalog: Book Release date: 2008-05-06 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 624 Ean: 9780307266460 Book Isbn: 030726646X  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: “I want to be you.” My stock reply is always: “Then you have to take the whole package.” And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that “whole package,” in her inspiring and riveting memoir. After more than forty 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 forces that shaped her extraordinary life. Barbara Walters’s perception of the world was formed at a very early age. Her father, Lou Walters, was the owner and creative mind behind the legendary Latin Quarter nightclub, and it was his risk-taking lifestyle that gave Barbara her first taste of glamour. It also made her aware of the ups and downs, the insecurities, and even the tragedies that can occur when someone is willing to take great risks, for Lou Walters didn’t just make several fortunes—he also lost them. Barbara learned early about the damage that such an existence can do to relationships—between husband and wife as well as between parent and child. Through her roller-coaster ride of a childhood, Barbara had a close companion, her mentally challenged sister, Jackie. True, Jackie taught her younger sister much about patience and compassion, but Barbara also writes honestly about the resentment she often felt having a sister who was so “different” and the guilt that still haunts her. All of this—the financial responsibility for her family, the fear, the love—played a large part in the choices she made as she grew up: the friendships she developed, the relationships she had, the marriages she tried to make work. Ultimately, thanks to her drive, combined with a decent amount of luck, she began a career in television. And what a career it has been! Against great odds, Barbara has made it to the top of a male-dominated industry. She was the first woman cohost of the Today show, the first female network news coanchor, the host and producer of countless top-rated Specials, the star of 20/20, and the creator and cohost of The View. She has not just interviewed the world’s most fascinating figures, she has become a part of their world. These are just a few of the names that play a key role in Barbara’s life, career, and book: Yasir Arafat, Warren Beatty, Menachem Begin, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Roy Cohn, the Dalai Lama, Princess Diana, Katharine Hepburn, King Hussein, Angelina Jolie, Henry Kissinger, Monica Lewinsky, Richard Nixon, Rosie O’Donnell, Christopher Reeve, Anwar Sadat, John Wayne . . . the list goes on and on. Barbara Walters has spent a lifetime auditioning: for her bosses at the TV networks, for millions of viewers, for the most famous people in the world, and even for her own daughter, with whom she has had a difficult but ultimately quite wonderful and moving relationship. This book, in some ways, is her final audition, as she fully opens up both her private and public lives. In doing so, she has given us a story that is heartbreaking and honest, surprising and fun, sometimes startling, and always fascinating. |
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 Written on November 12, 2008 Summary: Audition A fabulous read...Ms. Walters shares her extraordinary life with readers and leaves you spellbound. Very interesting. Written on November 1, 2008 Summary: My thoughts on it I am very pleased with my book I ordered and received it in record time. Thanks Written on October 28, 2008 Summary: Way too short! I have been a fan since before the 20/20 days and I know that there has to be hundreds more stories to relate. This was a delight to read and I was pleased to hear about the horrors of her early years in broadcasting...we have come a long way. I was sad to see it end. A delightful and insightful read! Written on October 22, 2008 Summary: Early years of clubs was interesting This was the first book I purchased on my Kindle. I hesitated to get it because I had seen so many interviews on TV that I thought there would be nothing more to learn. I'm glad I got it. I especially enjoyed reading about her father's clubs. The references to Carol Channing, one of my all time favorites, were much enjoyed. I also remember Senor Wences from Ed Sullivan and reading about him brought back fond memories. My one regret is the pictures are difficult to view on Kindle, but that is more a criticism of Kindle. If you enjoy behind the scenes stories, you will enjoy this book. It was well written. Written on October 11, 2008 Summary: Hats Off to the Incredible Barbara Walters In the Prologue of this fascinating memoir, Barbara Walters explains that one of her motivations for writing about her life was that young people starting out in television sometimes said to her: "I want to be you." Barbara's stock reply was: "Then you have to take the whole package." In Audition, Barbara brilliantly reveals her "whole package," including the love mixed with resentment she felt toward her mentally challenged sister Jackie, her "rags to riches" childhood inspired by her brilliant and mercurial impresario of a father, her frustrated and conflicted mother, her amazing career in television, the adoption of her beloved daughter Jackie whose teen years were tumultuous, and yes, her three marriages and many more affairs. I have always liked Barbara's blunt approach: getting personal with the hundreds of ordinary (and often infamous) people, politicians, and show-biz celebrities she interviewed. I had fantasized a career in television during its infancy in the 1950s, but like so many other women of my era, thought my gender (among other things) would make it impossible. So I chose to read Audition, to help me learn what I had missed. I applaud Barbara Walters for her achievements and for having the chutzpah to tell her readers more than just the glamorous parts of her life story. My only complaint is that each time Walters mentioned an interview she'd done with world leaders, I wanted to see it again. (At the end of her book, I did note that some of her interviews are being broadcast on Sirius radio, so they are still available.) In a recent interview, Oprah Winfrey asked Walters: "What does being "Barbara Walters" mean?" Walters' answer illustrates what I thought was special about her memoir--her ability to get personal and tell the truth without mincing words: "I'm not sure. I realize how blessed I have been but sometimes I still feel inadequate. I don't cook. I can't drive. Most of the time, when I look back on what I've done, I think: Did I do that? Why didn't I enjoy it more? Was I working too hard to see?" Oprah's eyes teared up at this. She and every other hard-working woman of this era know all that they've had to give up in order to achieve. The overall lesson from Barbara Walter's fine book: be conscious of the price you'll pay for success in any arena, including motherhood--and if this is still what you want, go for it. by Donna Van Straten Remmert for Story Circle Book Reviews reviewing books by, for, and about women |
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| Release date | 2008-05-06 | 2008-04-01 | 2008-04-15 | 2008-05-28 | 2008-03-11 | 2008-04-08 |
| Media | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover |
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| Number of pages | 624 | 352 | 112 | 368 | 288 | 512 |
| Ean | 9780307266460 | 9780786865659 | 9781401323189 | 9781586485566 | 9781416950738 | - |
| Book Isbn | 030726646X | 0786865652 | 1401323189 | 1586485563 | 1416950737 | - |
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