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All Things at Once |  | Author: Mika Brzezinski
Publisher: Weinstein Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 13699
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 1602861110
Dewey Decimal Number: 070.92
EAN: 9781602861114
ASIN: 1602861110
Publication Date: January 5, 2010
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As the co-host of MSNBC-s popular morning show Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski has established herself as a leading political news journalist and beloved television personality. But success hasn-t always come easy for Mika. Growing up the only daughter of a former National Security Advisor, she struggled to find an identity in a family of over-achievers. She found her dream job early on and was hailed as the "It Girl" of CBS, only to be fired just a few short years later. After an unsuccessful stint as a stay-at-home mom, Mika went back to the workplace with encouragement from her 8-year-old daughter. She took a job that seemed a long-shot at best, and against all odds achieved the greatest success of her career. Now, in a time when many women are losing their jobs or struggling to find the perfect balance between work and home, Mika guides women of all ages to a place where they can find peace and fulfillment in their lives.
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 busyprofessionaltoo March 9, 2010
Therese G. Hogan (Topeka, KS)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mika, you rock! I love you on Morning Joe and knew somehow I connected to you! Now I know, you are a hard working woman like myself trying to find a balance. Not easy! Somehow the balls stay in the air just long enough and we are able to continue are juggling act.
Great job Mika!!
 Mika Lacks the Intelligence To Be a Political Commentator March 8, 2010
Oldskool (New York, NY)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the main themes of Mika's book and perhaps the most galling and disingenuous is her assertion that tv news execs are mysoginists because, according to her, she was fired from CBS News at the age of 39 for no longer being pretty enough. What she neglects to mention is the primary reason she was hired in the first place was because of her attractiveness. Sure her father's connections and her experience helped to get her hired, but, if she wasn't a "hottie", all the connections and experience in the world would not have helped her to get a job in tv news. So she condemns the system when it works against her, but, neglects to acknowledge that it is that same system which enabled her to be in the business for years and years.
Worse yet is that Mika should have never been allowed to be a commentator on a news analysis show, as she lacks the intellect and knowledge base necesary for such a position. There are plenty of women who do possess those skills and who would be an asset to a show like 'Morning Joe', but, Mika is surely not of them.
The worst of all is Mika's affected and pretentious personality, which is so off putting (her constant mugging for the camera is unbearable!) that it renders completely unwatchable what would otherwise be a decent political commentary show.
Maybe her talents would be best served on a show like 'The View' where intelligence and knowledge are not prerequisites and where a pretty face combuned with an annoying, snarky personality are more welcome.
All Things at Once Does Not Equal Life Balance March 4, 2010
Lynette R. Fleming (Decatur, IL USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like autobiographies, you're going to love All Things at Once. Mika Brzezinski gives us an inside look at her life ... the lows, the highs, and everything in between. Never boring, her life began in a family of super achievers, with experiences most of us will never encounter. From dinner with dignitaries to sleepovers in the White House, Mika's early years helped prepare her for an amazing future in television news.
Through determination and unimaginably hard work, she rose up the ranks to land a dream contract at CBS as a news anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent ... only to be fired (seemingly) for no reason other than not being pretty enough. Every young hopeful in journalism school should read this book to learn the kind of dedication it takes to make it big in this field, and the dirty little secrets and politics which plague it. To keep a balance in your life as a journalist is a real challenge, with sacrifices that most are not willing to make.
Mika's biggest failures always seemed to find her when she was trying to do "too much, too soon." Many of us can understand the guilt she felt after her baby daughter's serious injury, for which (of course) she blames herself. After achieving tremendous success, and then subsequently losing it all at 39, she fought her back beginning as a lowly fill-in news reader on MSNBC, the only job she could get after her fall from the top. Her incredible drive and determination will inspire you, and the story of her experiences will help you accept your limitations. Any woman who has lost her job, or is having trouble finding the right balance between career and family, will embrace this book. The truth is it simply isn't possible to do everything at once, and accepting that simple truth will help all of us find our success and happiness. Everyone wants to "have it all" but sometimes finding the right "balance" is what will lead us to our greatest fulfillment.
Delusional March 1, 2010
fallwitch (Bucks County, PA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got this from the library and finished it in less than three hours. Wow. Driven by what seems to be an obsessive need to be in the spotlight, Brzezinski neglects her children for a life that keeps her--rather than them--the center of attention. She freely admits that she finds true parenting to be a chore and would much rather be a "fun" parent. Being a parent means accepting that some days are nothing but temper fits and tears, whilst others are hugs and fun, and most are in the middle, with a little of both to keep things interesting. Brzezinski believes the proper way to raise her children is to take out loans and foist her daughters upon nannies and sitters so she herself has as little interaction with them as possible. At first I found this incredible; however, by the end of the book, it became quite clear that those kids may well be better off with people who actually want to be around them. If her horrific recounting of what happened when she believed her daughter to be paralyzed couldn't make her see the forest for the trees, well, perhaps it's best she sticks to her book tours and morning show and leaves her children in much more capable hands.
Real life story February 28, 2010
Douglas H. Enman (Florence, SC USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book . There was no glossing over what can really happen in a life. This story can be told I suspect by many people. However, Mika being a very public person, you don't hear many people in her position talk so frank. Great story.
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