Audition: A Memoir (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Walters
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  226 reviews
Sales Rank: 52438
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 992
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.9
ISBN: 0739327305
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
EAN: 9780739327302
ASIN: 0739327305
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 Walters as a best friend September 7, 2008
A very well written and honest book with a lot of insights in the Radio and TV world. A bit irritating is that Barbara Walters calls everybody her friend, good friend or best friend with a very few exceptions. I have deep respect not only for her writing qualities but als for her hard work as a presentator.
 Product September 5, 2008
Bought as a present along with another book (hardbound) from Amazon "The Last Lecture". On both copies pages were so unevenly cut it looked as though a mouse or two had a good dinner. The library had a proper copy! Otherwise, Amazon has been good to me over the years, except for the ultimate embarrasement of presenting this gift (time ran out.)
 BARBARA WALTERS AUDITION September 4, 2008
Here I am in Australia possibly one of a few to own the book as it is not due to hit our shelves until at least December. I received the book last night and sat up and read nearly half the book before I had to concede to sleep. She is a very interesting woman and the people she has met and interviewed is mind blowing and at the same time this intimate travel through Babara Walters life displays the humble and human side of her. I am betting that by late this evening I will have finished the book, because it was so hard to put down.
I would recommend it to anyone - even if you don't know the first thing about this lady. A book well worth buying.
worth the money September 2, 2008
Entertaining.....very, very detailed story of Barbara's personal and public life. Long book, worth the money if you are a fan.
Didn't Read the Book August 31, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I will not support a woman that has had affairs by buying her book. Why not just put a PIG on the cover?
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