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Its a hell of a story The New York Times
A stunning and revelatory memoir Oprah Daily
From MSNBC anchor and instant New York Times bestselling author Katy Tur a shocking and deeply personal memoir about a life spent chasing the news
When a box from her mother showed up on Katy Turs doorstep months into the pandemic and just as she learned she was pregnant with her second child she didnt know what to expect The box contained thousands of hours of videothe work of her pioneering helicopter journalist parents They grew rich and famous for their aerial coverage of Madonna and Sean Penns secret wedding the Reginald Denny beating in the 1992 Los Angeles riots and OJ Simpsons notorious run in the white Bronco To Tur these family videos were an inheritance of sorts and a reminder of who she was before her own breakout success as a reporter
In Rough Draft Tur writes about her eccentric and volatile California childhood punctuated by forest fires earthquakes and police chasesall seen from a thousand feet in the air She recounts her complicated relationship with a father who was magnetic ambitious and at times frightening And she charts her own survival from local reporter to globetrotting foreign correspondent running from her past Tur also opens up for the first time about her struggles with burnout and impostor syndrome her stumbles in the anchor chair and her relationship with CBS Mornings anchor Tony Dokoupil who quite possibly had a crazier childhood than she did
Intimate and captivating Rough Draft explores the gift and curse of family legacy examines the roles and responsibilities of the news and asks the question To what extent do we each get to write our own story
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