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casehouse's review
3.0
3.5 stars. When I rate a book, I usually take into consideration how engaging I found it, how much I learned, and how well-written it is. I'm a Cincinnati girl, and I've heard about Ruth Lyons my whole life. I watched the Bob Braun Show with my mom while she ironed in the afternoons. I even received a gift from the Ruth Lyons Christmas Fund when I had an hospital-based outpatient procedure done as a child. I'm familiar with the geography of many of the areas discussed. For these reasons, this book was very engaging to me. I learned a lot about Ruth Lyon's life and career. It made me think a lot about my grandmother who would have watched and listened to Ruth Lyons through much of her young adult life. The book wasn't fantistically well-written, but it was OK. There was some repetition, and a couple of passages were confusing. Using Oprah in the title and including the few paragraphs comparing Ruth Lyons to Oprah seemed forced and unnecessary - like there had to be a connection to someone like Oprah to make people notice this book.
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