Talking Back - by Andrea Mitchell (Paperback)

About the Book

Smart and candidly written, Mitchell's memoir will be of interest to anyone fascinated by politics and current affairs, and anyone who wonders what it's like to be a powerful woman in a man's world.

Book Synopsis

No TV reporter today is more respected than NBC's Andrea Mitchell. She's covered stories from Jonestown to the fall of the Berlin Wall, gotten unexpected answers from such interviewees as Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton, and balanced her high-wire career with a very public marriage to former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Dr. Alan Greenspan. Mitchell's candid, funny, and riveting memoir is filled with unprecedented behind-the-scenes views of the television news industry and official Washington. A classic of contemporary journalism by a woman who has taken on her profession's entire old-boy network, Talking Back deserves a place on the shelf alongside the memoirs of Hillary Clinton and Katherine Graham.

Review Quotes

Andrea Mitchell [is] the go-to reporter when a big story is breaking in Washington and throughout the world. --Tom BrokawThe reader feels like a rapt cocktail party guest, listening to amazing stories from a bold and admirable career. --Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Andrea Mitchell has been chief foreign correspondent for NBC since 1994, reporting for broadcasts such as NBC Nightly News, Today, and Meet the Press. Previously she was NBC's chief White House correspondent and has reported on presidential politics since 1972.