Who Thought This was a Good Idea? : : and Other Questions you Should Have Answers to When you Work in the White House
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Leadership, or Born to Run Things -- Preparedness, or The Patron Saint of Digestion -- Independence, or You Can;t Just Tagalong -- Self-awareness, or Are You There, FEMA? It's Me, Alyssa -- Some Personal Shit You Should Probably Know -- Confidence, or The Hope Flood -- Humility, or Changes We Can Believe In, Sort Of, If We Have To -- Risk-taking, or Ah-LEES-ah Goes to Brooklyn -- Resilience, or A "Serious" Breakdown -- Kindness, or A Spirit Soars over Denali.
"If your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her behind-the-scenes political memoir would look something like this. WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? is an intimate and admiring portrait of a president, a candid book of advice for young women, and a promising debut from a savvy political star"-- Provided by publisher.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Honest and frank
submitted by valerieclaires on October 31, 2017, 5:20pm
So many political memoirs are written by men, and feature hundreds of pages of boasting and dry details of legislative life. Finally, we get White House political memoir that's more than just dates and paperwork recaps, and it's written by a woman to boot.
This is a great picture of an unconventional rise to the top, a day-to-day idea of what it's really like working in the White House, and the little hidden details you wouldn't know unless you heard from someone who was there. For both budding politicos looking for advice and those who just want the inside scoop, you'll come for the silly details of State Dinners and stay for the raw, honest recap of how hard it really is to work in the White House.
PUBLISHED
New York : Twelve, 2017.
Year Published: 2017
Description: viii, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781455588220
1455588229
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Oyler, Lauren,
SUBJECTS
Mastromonaco, Alyssa, -- 1976-
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack -- Friends and associates.
Women government executives -- Biography.
Government executives -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
Biographies.