Bibliograph

From the corner of the Oval Office, one woman's true story of her accidental career in the Obama White House, Beck Dorey-Stein

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From the corner of the Oval Office, one woman's true story of her accidental career in the Obama White House, Beck Dorey-Stein

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

From the corner of the Oval Office

Responsibility statement

Beck Dorey-Stein

Sub title

one woman's true story of her accidental career in the Obama White House

Summary

In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in Washington DC when a posting on Craigslist landed her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. The ultimate DC outsider, she joined the elite team who accompanied the president wherever he went, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips across time zones, Beck forged friendships with a tight group of fellow travellers - young men and women who, like her, left their real lives behind to hop aboard Air Force One in service of the president. But as she learned the ropes of protocol, Beck became romantically entangled with a colleague, and suddenly, the political became all too personal. Set against the backdrop of a White House full of glamour, drama and intrigue, this is the story of a young woman making unlikely friendships, getting her heart broken, learning what truly matters and discovering her voice in the process

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