![]() In her premier memoir, Beck Dorey-Stein was surprised to find that the stenographer gig she applied for was actually a position at the White House. She got the job towards the end of President Obama's first term and stayed on through his second. As a stenographer, Dorey-Stein writes a bit about the meetings she sits in on and the travel she does with the president. However, this book is dominated by Dorey-Stein's personal life. When she starts hooking up with a staffer at the office, he takes over much of her decision-making and many, many pages of this book. The book was recommended to me by my mother and when it came in at the library, my best friend snagged a copy, too, and we read it in a little book club. I found the beginning of the book to be very relatable as Dorey-Stein is a 26 year old in Washington DC, just trying to figure out what to do with herself. However, once the narrative is taken over by hooking up with "Jason," it was hard to reconcile how smart this woman is with how much she gives to this man. Regardless, this was an intriguing read and I would not write off Dorey-Stein yet.
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