The Cleavester Show  

Prologue
Lou, Dena, and My Princess Grandmother
My Childhood
“Skinnymalinkydink”
Sixty-three Cents
The Pistachio Green House
New York, New York
Miami at War
“A very normal girl”
Sarah Lawrence
Television 101
Bad Choices
It Gets Worse
Television 102 and a Strange Marriage Proposal
Passage to India
A Funeral and a Wedding
Thirteen Weeks to Thirteen Years
Becoming Barbara Walters
Garland, Capote, Rose Kennedy, and Princess Grace
Born in My Heart
Dean Rusk, Golda Meir, Henry Kissinger, and Prince Philip
Sad Times in Florida
Winning Nixon, Losing Sinatra
Exit Hugh, Enter McGee
Marriage On the Rocks
Historic Journey: China with Nixon
A Dead Marriage and the Dead Sea
Resignation in Washington. Victory in New York
Fun and Games in Washington
Special Men in My Life
Egypt, Israel, and ¡Hola, Castro!
The Million-Dollar Baby
“Don’t let the bastards get you down”
Thank Heaven! The Specials
Finally, Fidel
The Historic Interview: Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin
Exit Harry, Enter Hugh
Heartbreak and a New Beginning
The Hardest Chapter to Write
9/11 and Nothing Else Matters
Presidents and First Ladies: Forty Years Inside the
White House
Heads of State: The Good, the Bad, and the Mad
Adventures with the Most Mysterious Men
Murderers
Uncommon Criminals
Over Again, Never Again
Celebrities Who Affected My Life
Monica
The View
Exit
To Be Continued . . .
Acknowledgments
Index