Synopses & Reviews
SHEand#8217;S JUST LIKE THE REST OF US : overstuffed purse, always losing keys, high-maintenance hair, snack guilt after an evening binge. But sheand#8217;s something different, too. andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Hoda Kotb grew up in two culturesand#8212;one where summers meant playing at the foot of the ancient pyramids and another where she had to meet her junior prom date at the local 7-Eleven to spare them both the wrath of her conservative Egyptian parents. Sheand#8217;s traveled the globe for network television, smuggling videotapes in her shoes and stepping along roads riddled with land mines. Sheand#8217;s weathered the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and a personal Category 5 as well: divorce and breast cancer in the same year. And if thatand#8217;s not scary enough, she then began cohosting the fourth hour of andlt;Iandgt;Today andlt;/Iandgt;with Kathie Lee Gifford. andlt;Iandgt;(Oh, cand#8217;mon, KLG! Thatand#8217;s funny . . . put down the huge pour of Chardonnay and laugh with us.) andlt;/Iandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;Iandgt;HODA andlt;/Iandgt;reads just like Hodaand#8212;light, funny, positive, and positively inspiring.
Synopsis
SHE'S JUST LIKE THE REST OF US: overstuffed purse, always losing keys, high-maintenance hair, snack guilt after an evening binge. But she's something different, too.
Hoda Kotb grew up in two cultures--one where summers meant playing at the foot of the ancient pyramids and another where she had to meet her junior prom date at the local 7-Eleven to spare them both the wrath of her conservative Egyptian parents. She's traveled the globe for network television, smuggling videotapes in her shoes and stepping along roads riddled with land mines. She's weathered the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and a personal Category 5 as well: divorce and breast cancer in the same year. And if that's not scary enough, she then began cohosting the fourth hour of Today with Kathie Lee Gifford. (Oh, c'mon, KLG That's funny . . . put down the huge pour of Chardonnay and laugh with us.)
HODA reads just like Hoda--light, funny, positive, and positively inspiring.
Synopsis
Hoda is a memoir of lessons Kotb has learned along her journey, from breast cancer survivor to Today show anchor. She's just like the rest of us: overstuffed purse, always losing keys, high-maintenance hair, snack guilt after an evening binge. But she's something different, too.
Hoda Kotb grew up in two cultures--one where summers meant playing at the foot of the ancient pyramids and another where she had to meet her junior prom date at the local 7-Eleven to spare them both the wrath of her conservative Egyptian parents. She's traveled the globe for network television, smuggling videotapes in her shoes and stepping along roads riddled with land mines. She's weathered the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and a personal Category 5 as well: divorce and breast cancer in the same year. And if that's not scary enough, she then began cohosting the fourth hour of Today with Kathie Lee Gifford. (Oh, c'mon, KLG That's funny...put down the huge pour of Chardonnay and laugh with us.)
Hoda reads just like Kotb herself--light, funny, positive, and positively inspiring.
About the Author
Hoda Kotb was named co-anchor of the fourth hour of "Today" in August 2007. She has also been a "Dateline NBC" correspondent since April 1998 and the host of the weekly syndicated series "Your Total Health" since September 2004. In her nine years at NBC, Kotb has covered a wide variety of domestic and international stories and has received numerous awards, including the 2008 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the prestigious Peabody in 2006 for her "Dateline NBC" report "The Education of Ms. Groves." The four-time Emmy nominee also won the 2004 Headliner Award, 2003 Gracie Award and the 2002 Edward R. Murrow Award. She resides in New York City.