When you read Going There, you can’t help but develop a tremendous of respect for Katie Couric, and the brave, dauntless way she handled everything that was thrown at her with a degree of patience, rationality and dignity.Īfter all she has been through, you can’t blame Katie for continuing to display her trademark wide smile. Eventually, she made her choice, but it was a very difficult one that had long lasting repercussions in their professional and personal friendship. Award-winning journalist Katie Couric discusses her recent book 'Going There', the fast-paced, emotional, riveting story of a thoroughly. When Matt was fired in November of 2017 because of allegations of sexual misconduct during his time with Today, Katie agonized over how to deal with this scandal that kept getting uglier and uglier with each new allegation that was revealed. The rounds of treatments, the countless diagnoses, the blind hope in the face of imminent mortality, and how the ordeal affected their daughters emotionally are all covered in heart-wrenching detail.Īs for Matt Lauer, who was at Katie’s side at the Today Show for 10 years, he was like a good friend in need, when the they were not on the air.

This is the story of Katie’s road to success, which includes her landmark interviews with George and Barbara Bush and Sarah Palin, to name a few however, this was more like an uphill struggle.Īnd speaking of uphill struggles, two story arcs dominate the book which involve two men in her life: her late husband Jay Monahan and former Today Show co-host Matt Lauer.įor the first time, readers get a first-hand account of the painful and agonizing period in 1997-98 when Katie stood by Jay as he unsuccessfully battled colon cancer, which claimed his life at the young age of 42. In her new memoir, Going There, Katie Couric writes about her career as a host of Today and the first woman to anchor the CBS Evening News solo.

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