November 22, 2021 by Lisa Marsh · Arts & Culture

Is Katie Couric’s New Memoir Bold? Or Just the Opposite?

She had a front row seat to major moments in recent history, but Lisa Marsh thinks her memoir Going There misses the opportunity for a woman's important perspective--and for true introspection.

There is a phenomenon called “familiar strangers.” These are the people you regularly share physical space with but have no more interaction with them than acknowledging each other’s presence. You see them on the bus or subway, at the local park or coffee shop and in the case of Katie Couric, in your home every morning.

There is an argument to be made that when you see someone over breakfast every day for 15 years, you know them. America saw Couric through two pregnancies, through the loss of her husband to colorectal cancer and through all of the antics she participated in on “Today” for all those years.

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