The Sisterhood

If the sources inside Sheila Weller's The News Sorority (Penguin Press) are to be believed, no amount of hazing could have stopped Diane Sawyer or Christiane Amanpour or Katie Couric from revolutionizing the he-manly world of broadcast television news. Weller rivetingly recounts these gutsy ladies time on the front lines of domestic and international war zones, political battlefields, and live morning television, the prejudices they've faced, the personal sacrifices made and losses suffered, as well as the backlashes that followed their every gain, fueling their ambition and building their resilience. Weller's portrait of how these extraordinary women, in the words of Sawyer, turn "pain into purpose" is an inspiration for future generations of journalists. E.S.