Gayle welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Newsweek columnist and best-selling author Anna Quindlen to the studio! Gayle talks to Anna about her newest book, Rise and Shine, which is at the top of the New York Times best-seller list.

But Gayle confesses the real reason she invited Anna to the show—to tap into her motherly wisdom! As a mom, Gayle loves to talk to other moms about parenting, and Anna is a mother to three children. Gayle says she's appalled that the media embraces the young Hollywood women who don magazine covers as though they are a standard for which young girls should strive. How, in this media frenzy world, do we raise our daughters properly?