This book is somewhat overlong--the information Walters provides about her family seems redundant after a while and toward the end you don't care about some of her chapters on interviews with criminals, Monica Lewinsky, et al. But her stories of her struggles beginning in the news business and of some of the interviews earlier in the book are quite interesting. The book provides insight into political and social happenings that surround Walters' life and she comes across as a good, caring person and professional. Her editor would have done readers a favor by helping her make some points briefly or not at all when those points are more important to the author than the reader--after so many years, the opportunity to "set the record straight" on some events seems unnecessary. Suggest reader keep going until things get tedious and then move on to another book, or skip to the final chapters.