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I wasn't sure that I was willing to read 600 pages about the life of Barbara Walters, but I'm glad that I took the plunge. A highly enjoyable book in which Walters peels back the layers of her life and let's us look inside. Her descriptions of her childhood with her father who was always looking for the pot of gold with his nightclubs in both Miami and New York (The Latin Quarter), a mentally challenged older sister, and a mother who was alternately depressed and anxious were fascinating. It's a
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Not that well written - but the content is pretty amazing. Barbara has seen a lot of history first hand and reports it in her book.
Interesting but by the end of the book I was tired of her chatty method of writing. Full of all the names one would expect. Even, at the end of the book, tells about the politics at "The View" during the Star and Rosie times.
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