Lesley Stahl

. Lesley Stahl explores how grandmothering changes a woman’s life. She tells us that the most vivid transforming experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or any other of her stories on 60 Minutes. It was the unexpected “jolt and joy” of becoming a grandmother. Lesley explores this phenomenon with friends and colleagues like Whoopi Goldberg, Diane Sawyer, and even grandfathers including Tom Brokaw using a good mix of science, journalistic exploration and personal experiences. In a Publisher’s Weekly starred review it was written that “No matter where readers fall in age or experience, this book should top their 2016 reading list of parenting titles.” This energetic, informative, and often touching memoir will bring tears and laughter to all readers. She hits it right on the nose!… (mehr)

When she became a grandmother, Lesley Stahl was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to investigate it - as though it were a news flash. And so, using her 60 Minutes skills, she explored how grandmothering changes a woman's life, interviewing friends like Whoopi Goldberg, colleagues like Diane Sawyer (and grandfathers, including Tom Brokaw), as well as the proverbial woman next door. Along with these personal accounts, Stahl speaks with scientists and doctors about physiological changes that occur in women when they have grandchildren; anthropologists about why there are grandmothers, in evolutionary terms; and psychiatrists about the therapeutic effects of grandchildren on both grandmothers and grandfathers.… (mehr)