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 Great Read! August 4, 2008
Jennifer Elrifai (Greenwood Lake, NY USA)
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
beryl (Seattle, WA)
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
Elizabeth (Rock Hill,SC)
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
Gerburg Frick (Lake Orion, MI United States)
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.
 Don't judge the book by it's cover or author's reputation July 28, 2008
I/O, Inc (Crisfield, MD)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
We all know Barbara, what she's done in TV, and applaud her breaking of women's barriers in broadcasting. BUT, don't buy this book because of all that.
It contains little insight or objective observation and a lot of defensiveness about her role and what happened in a variety of situations. Further she announces that she's a-political in who she interviews and the questions she asks but that is simply not true as is evident in this book includiing her "love affair" with the Bushes and Reagans" and disdain for all others of a different political persuasion.
As a memoir for her daughter it's fine but beyond that it is simplistic, defensive,egocentric, and disappointing. If you're looking for a poorly written way to spend time and money, buy it. Otherwise if you're looking for memoirs of professional women of Barbara's generation, try Madelene Albright's or Helen Thomas's--they write well and analyze the world beyond their own selfish and limited point of view.
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