Introduction: Million-dollar baby
A glass eye and a British accent
Roots
Lou and Dena
Never young
"The strongest influence in my life"
The fifth-grader and the bootlegger
Another opening, another show
The ostrich
The speedwriting secretarial school
The most forgettable husband; the most notorious friend
Catastrophe
"A halo of fear"
Sunrise
A godfather of the mafia sort
Becoming Barbara Walters
The runaway bride
The "pushy cookie"
"It's a girl!"
A melody played in a penny arcade
McGee's law
When love is not enough
Careful what you wish for
Failure
Fidel
Comeback
The man she married (but only once)
The runaway daughter
The honeymoon and the arms dealer
Loss
Diane
You can't have it all
The yin and the yang
The Barbara Walters interview
Bette Davis and the Dalai Lama
The View
Monica
Trump
One more time
The fall
The end
Epilogue: The rulebreaker
Acknowledgments
Source notes
Notes
Index.