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And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
Twelve
April 2017
On Sale: March 21, 2017
326 pages
ISBN: 1455588229
EAN: 9781455588220
Kindle: B01LL8C3LI
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Non-Fiction Political
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... Alyssa Mastromonaco worked for Barack Obama for almost a
decade, and long before his run for president. From the
then-senator's early days in Congress to his years in the
Oval Office, she made Hope and Change happen through blood,
sweat, tears, and lots of briefing binders. But for every historic occasion-meeting the queen at
Buckingham Palace, bursting in on secret climate talks, or
nailing a campaign speech in a hailstorm-there were dozens
of less-than-perfect moments when it was up to Alyssa to
save the day. Like the time she learned the hard way that
there aren't nearly enough bathrooms at the Vatican. Full of hilarious, never-before-told stories, WHO THOUGHT
THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? is an intimate portrait of a
president, a book about how to get stuff done, and the story
of how one woman challenged, again and again, what a "White
House official" is supposed to look like. Here Alyssa shares
the strategies that made her successful in politics and
beyond, including the importance of confidence, the value of
not being a jerk, and why ultimately everything comes down
to hard work (and always carrying a spare tampon). Told in a smart, original voice and topped off with a couple
of really good cat stories, WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD
IDEA? is a promising debut from a savvy political star.
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