Review: Audition
Barbara Walters
Audition: A Memoir
Knopf (2008)
Grade: B+
A noble attempt at an autobiographical career retrospective. Barbara Walters’ lifetime of writing experience is nary present throughout the nearly 1000 pages, as the book reads more like a tv script than a memoir. For such a groundbreaking career, the accompanying book could have been more exciting.


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