
Getting Real
by Gretchen Carlson
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Pub Date Jun 16 2015 | Archive Date Jul 16 2015
PENGUIN GROUP Viking | Viking Adult
Description
A candid, funny memoir from the charismatic FOX News channel anchor and Miss America Pageant winner
Celebrity news anchorwoman Gretchen Carlson shares her inspiring story and offers important takeaways for women (and men) about what it means to strive for and find success in the real world. With warmth and wit, she takes readers from her Minnesota childhood, where she became a violin prodigy, through college at Stanford and her in-the-trenches years as a cub reporter on local television stations before becoming a national news reporter. She describes her rise to anchor of The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson on FOX News channel as a testament to personal strength and perseverance.
Carlson addresses the intense competitive effort of winning the Miss America Pageant, the challenges she’s faced as a woman in broadcast television, and how she manages to balance work and family as the wife of high-profile sports agent Casey Close and devoted mother to their two children. An unceasing advocate for respect and equality for women, Carlson writes openly about her own struggles with body image, pageant stereotypes, building her career, and having the courage to speak her mind. She encourages women to strive for their goals, never give up, and always believe in themselves.
In Getting Real, Carlson emerges as a living example of a woman not afraid to chase her dreams and embrace life fully.
Advance Praise
“In 1989, Gretchen Carlson was
chosen to be Miss America—I was one of the judges who picked her! Since
then, I have watched Gretchen grow as a journalist and as a woman, proving that
beautiful women can be smart and that working women can be good moms. In Getting
Real, Gretchen writes frankly and with humor about the challenges she's met
along the way. We can't all be Miss America, but we can all learn from Gretchen
how to confront whatever comes our way and come out winners.”
—Deborah Norville, anchor
of “Inside Edition” and author of Thank You Power
"Gretchen's Getting Real
is a powerful tool for young women who desire to become everything God designed
them to be. She is poignant and self-deprecating as she shares her struggles on
the long road to success. And she honors the God of all creation in the
process. Brava!"
—Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host
of “The Today Show” and author of Just When I Thought I’d Dropped My Last
Egg
"Gretchen has such an amazing message for inspiring
young women. One of courage, determination, faith and guts. We all have a
journey, and Gretchen has graciously given us her map to help others find
theirs."
—Kristin Chenoweth
“My spirit resonates with Gretchen Carlson’s
single-eyed focus, steely determination, and all-out commitment to achieve her
goals. Her standards of excellence and sacrificial discipline are exemplary. Getting
Real has caused me to examine my own life in order to eliminate any
casualness or carelessness as I seek to follow and serve Jesus Christ.”
—Anne Graham Lotz, founder of AnGeL Ministries and author
of Wounded by God’s People
"Finding success in life comes after some failures and
a lot of hard work. Watching Gretchen succeed inspires me and will inspire all
women: she seized the day, made the most of her talents, and never, ever gave
up."
—Vanessa Williams, Singer, Actress, and New York Times
Bestselling Author
“Gretchen Carlson is a gifted news anchor who always gets
the story right and who continues to make Minnesotans proud. In Getting Real,
Gretchen takes us inside the competitive worlds of music, Miss America, and
television news and shows us that with hard work—and resilience—dreams do come
true.”
—Fran Tarkenton, Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback
and founder of Tarkenton Companies
Available Editions
EDITION | Hardcover |
ISBN | 9780525427452 |
PRICE | $28.95 (USD) |
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