Book Reviews
Roberts’s book is like one of those packets of heavily sweetened instant oatmeal you can pretend it’s healthy even as you search out the sugar bombs of drama (her medical crises, her mother’s death, her ratings war with the Today show) and celebrity gossip (her 10-year relationship with the girlfriend she met on a blind date: “I liked the fact that she had no idea who I was”). Roberts delivers all of this in the soothing, upbeat voice that has made her so formidable a presence on morning TV. “I’m no Pollyanna,” she says in the current issue of Good Housekeeping, “but I believe optimism is a choice—a muscle that gets stronger with use. Right foot, left foot...just keep moving.
Gregory Cowles - New York Times Book Review
Following her mother's time-honored advice to "make your mess your message," Roberts offers an inspiring memoir of her life, from her home base in Mississippi to her home in New York and the glamorous though grueling life of a television reporter...With the infectious personality for which she's known, Roberts details the support of family and friends and the people she's met in her life and career who've inspired her by overcoming their own challenges with the "something" that everybody inevitably faces.
Booklist
Roberts chronicles her struggles with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare condition that affects blood and bone marrow.... However, despite the author's best efforts to communicate the challenges of her experience and inspire empathy, readers are constantly reminded of her celebrity status and, as a result, are always kept at arm's length. The sections involving Roberts' family partly counter this problem.... At-times inspirational memoir about a journalist's battle with a grave disease she had to face while also dealing with her mother's passing.
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