Unlike most, however, she had a remarkable income to cover the cost of nannies, private schools, and vacations. Like all working mothers, she struggled with childcare and priorities. This memoir offers up a very good balance between her family life and professional life.

For example, recalling a congratulatory note on her recently announced pregnancy, from General ”Stormin’ Norman” Schwazkopf, suggesting that “Norman would be a good name for the baby. Her encounters with the movers and shakers of society are highlighted throughout the book. And as her career in news and broadcast journalism grew, the accounts of both newsworthy events and people were all familiar to me. She is just a few years younger than me, so I was drawn into her descriptions of growing up in the ’50s and ’60s suburban America. But don’t let her bright smile and cheerful demeanour fool you, Katie has been through plenty of difficulties and tragedy. (That is how the two genres are distinguished memoirs are more of a personal recollection.) Katie Couric’s new memoir Going There intrigued me, since I often listen to her podcasts and follow her daily email newsletter.Ĭouric brings to this book her signature breezy style, often self-depreciating, very candid and definitely straightforward. I prefer a memoir to an autobiography (or a biography) because a memoir is often more conversational and personal. A chance to glimpse into the world of someone who has faced challenges or overcome obstacles. I highly recommend Katie Couric’s memoir! Thank you to booktrib.I love a good memoir. Katie shares her achievements, her grief, her regrets and her love for family amidst the backdrop of so many important memories and universal milestones in our lives in this fast paced book.

So much was going on behind her bright eyes and in Going There she tells all.įrom the meaningful relationship with her father, the devastating loss of her beloved husband, her challenges being a female in a man’s world of tv news broadcasting, to the Matt Lauer scandal, raising her daughters on her own, braving the dating world (she went out with some guys I would have never expected!) and finding love again, Katie Couric was and is more than just what we see on our tv screens. When my kids were little, I was a loyal Today Show viewer and, like most who turned to NBC every morning, became a Katie Couric fan. So many tears and lol moments… this was a joy, a walk down memory lane, and an eye-opener. I loved this memoir amidst the backdrop of modern history.

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