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Today's Interview: NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about her new book on parenting and life

Mary Louise Kelly is someone you hear hosting NPR's All Things Considered. You might know that she's been reporting for NPR for more than 20 years. But what you might not know is, in that time, she's also been a mom to two boys.

In this memoir, she shares what it's been like juggling a career that has taken her to places like Ukraine, Afghanistan,and Baghdad while raising her kids. She talks about what it's like trying to be a good journalist and trying to be a good mom at the same time. She shares some very difficult decisions she had to make regarding family and work.

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Cheri is a broadcast producer, anchor, reporter, announcer and talk show host with over 25 years of experience. For three years, she was the local host of Morning Edition on WMUB-FM at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Cheri produced and hosted local talk shows and news stories for the station for nine years. Prior to that, she produced and co-hosted a local talk show on WVXU, Cincinnati for nearly 15 years. Cheri has won numerous awards from the Public Radio News Directors Association, the Ohio and Kentucky Associated Press, and both the Cincinnati and Ohio chapters of the Society for Professional Journalists.
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