Audition: A Memoir | 
 enlarge | Creator: Barbara Walters
Publisher: Random House Audio
Category: Book
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Rating:  242 reviews
Sales Rank: 25245
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 073934398X
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
EAN: 9780739343982
ASIN: 073934398X
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
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 made Barbara aware of the ups and downs that can occur when someone is willing to take great risks.
The financial responsibility for her family, the fear, the love all 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 has spent a lifetime auditioning, and 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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Barbara December 1, 2008
Margaret Willoughby (Fort Myers, FL)
I wish I could tell Barbara myself how much I liked her book. It sounds like she is sitting right there telling her memoir. Good read.
 Magellan Maestro 4125 - is very nice November 29, 2008
T. W. Peterson (USA)
Got this for my wife as an anniversary present, and she really loves it...
but the neighbors say to be careful because the suction cup that holds it is an invite to criminals
Wonderful book November 22, 2008
Sam (Hendersonville, NC)
This is my second copy purchased. GREAT, warm book....like curling up with your fav quilt and having a cup of tea. I got the first to give as a gift and got so many raves from the recipient I decided to get a copy for myself. LOVED IT
 Barbara Walters Audition November 19, 2008
lili johansen (Denmark)
The book is an interesting journey in this womans life.Highly intertaining
but a bit long.Still a very good read.
 Too much detail, not enough interest. November 13, 2008
Lois Lain (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
I admire Barbara Walters as an interviewer tremendously. I was interested in learning more about this woman who preceded my generation and broke the way for females in journalism. While the book is easy to read and is chockful of names, dates, and anecdotes, I found it too tedious to wade through and quit after 200 pages.
I think if I were from the same age group, the book might be more appealing. But as it was, I had little interest in many of the people and incidents she described.
Maybe I will try this again some day, but I doubt it. I'll just wait for the E! Behind the Scenes version. ;)
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