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.
A graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Beck Dorey-Stein worked as a White House stenographer from 2012 to 2017. Previously she worked as a high school English teacher in Hightstown, New Jersey, Washington, DC, and Seoul, South Korea. This is her first book.
ISBN: 9781787630888
ISBN-10: 1787630889
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 352
Published: 16th July 2018
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.3 x 15.4 x 3.0
Weight (kg): 0.46