Rough Draft by Katy Tur

 "Our lives are one long rough draft and none of us will know how we've done until many years from now, long after the memories have gone cold, and maybe not even then. All we can do is try."

       -Katy Tur, from the memoir

Apparently, this is Katy Tur's second memoir but the first I have read. I learned about its publication while watching MSNBC. While the title may be a bit obscure, the subtitle is compelling: Motherhood and Journalism in a World Gone Mad. It's a short book, less than 300 pages, easy to read and pretty interesting. I will rate it 3+.

Katy Tur is the daughter of helicopter parents, literally.  Bob and Marika Tur covered breaking news over the skies of California including the O.J.-in-white-Bronco chase. The Turs were the creators of Los Angeles News Service. Ms. Tur lets us know that while her high-profile father may have predisposed her to a career in journalism, he was verbally and physically abusive to her mother, brother and herself.

The author describes her rise through the ranks of broadcast journalism from storm chaser to featured reporter following Trump's 2016 campaign to something of a pinnacle---hosting her own show on MSNBC, "Katy Tur Reports." Her campaign experience was particularly interesting; I only vaguely remembered it. I have learned that her first memoir is titled Unbelievable: My Front Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History. I may have to read that one!

When Tur reveals that her father Bob is now a woman called Zoey, the reading gets pretty intriguing but also a bit confusing when the author is writing of her dad and using feminine pronouns. It seems they have quite a complicated relationship.

Ms. Tur shares a bit about her marriage to Tony Dokoupil, an anchor on "CBS This Morning," (I never watch daytime CBS so I had no idea.) their 2 children and her efforts to balance her passion for covering BIG events with family life.