01736cam a2200289u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038010001500079020002500094020001500119035002100134040003700155043001200192050002500204082001800229100002800247245004500275250001200320260004000332300005400372500002000426520092800446600002901374650004301403176951785 OCoLC 20250716110605.0ta121108s2008    nyua          001 0aeng d  a2008005843  a9780307266460c29.95  a030726646X  a(OCoLC)176951785  aDLCcDLCdBTCTAdBAKERdCWJdAJM  an-us---00aPN4874.W285bA3 200800a070.92aB2221 aWalters, Barbara, 1931-10aAudition :ba memoir /cBarbara Walters.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bAlfred A. Knopf,c2008.  aviii, 612 p., [32] p. of plates :bill. ;c25 cm.  aIncludes index.  aAfter more than forty years of interviewing celebrities of all kinds, the most important woman in the history of television journalism has turned her gift for examination onto herself to reveal the forces that shaped her extraordinary life. Her father's risk-taking lifestyle gave Barbara her first taste of glamour, but Lou Walters didn't just make fortunes--he also lost them. Barbara's roller-coaster childhood played a large part in the choices she made as she grew up: the friendships, the marriages she tried to make work. Ultimately, her drive, with a decent amount of luck, got her a career in television. Barbara has spent a lifetime auditioning: for the networks, for the viewers, for the most famous people in the world, and even for her own daughter, with whom she has had a difficult relationship. This book is her final audition, as she opens up both her private and public lives.--From publisher description
10aWalters, Barbara,d1931- 0aJournalistszUnited StatesvBiography.