Audition: A Memoir, (Paperback)

from NemesisClaws

B. Walters is very brutally honest when it comes to her family, but at the same time, she's also a bit evasive on other things. Just about every man in her life was "kind, gentle, etc"...blah, blah, blah. One rather gets the impression that there was nary a fight in her personal life, which we kn...

from GaryMiller

Just finished her memoirs. She does a show once a year called "Ten Most Fascinating People". She deserves to be one of those people. Very fascinating book. No long review this time. Except for a couple of observations. She admits in her book about a long time and very secretive love affair with f...

from sroot

I really enjoyed this book. Barbara shares the ups and downs of her life in a personal, friend-to-friend manner. She tells the high spots of her life and interviews, but doesn't shy away from the difficult times and her struggles. I have even more respect for her as a person and a journalist afte...

from mahallett

i was never a big fan. but i didn't realize how hard it was to be a woman tv journalist and how many firsts she had. i enjoyed her sense of humour, often at herself. she is very careful who she speaks badly of, no one in her personal life gets any flack but maybe that's best. she was always very ...

from astrologerjenny

Here we have the memoir of an over-achiever, for sure. Walters is not a scintillating writer, but it's still an interesting memoir, because she's experienced so much history firsthand. She's not afraid to reveal times when she felt inadequate, and there are a lot of them. She persevered in spite ...