Think what her father would have missed if Kara hadn't been tenacious
enough to pursue, not just her own identity, but his as well.--Mika
Brzezinski, MSNBC's Morning Joe
Kara Hewes had never seen her father, Rhode Island Governor Bruce
Sundlun, until one transformational moment when she awoke in the middle
of the night as a TV news anchor announced his candidacy. One look at
his picture and she knew she needed to find him.
Her letters and phone calls went unanswered, so at seventeen, Kara hired
a lawyer and announced her paternity suit before a packed press
conference. In the middle of the media frenzy, Governor Sundlun did the
unexpected and invited Kara to come live with him so he could get to
know her better.
Kara knew that in order to move forward with her father, she had to make
the choice to forgive the past. It was her unconditional love that broke
down the barriers separating father and daughter.
Kara Sundlun is an Emmy Award-winning television journalist. She
anchors the news for WFSB-TV, the CBS affiliate in Connecticut, and
hosts two shows--the popular daytime talk show Better Connecticut and
Kara's Cures, a guide to health and spirituality. Kara is also a
contributor for the Huffington Post. She was named Best Reporter by
Hartford Magazine and Top 40 under 40 from Hartford Business Journal
and Connecticut Magazine. She and her husband, fellow news anchor
Dennis House, live in Hartford, Connecticut, with their two children.
