First published 2018
Beck Dorey-Stein was struggling to make ends meet in Washington DC when a Craigslist ad changed everything. The posting led her to an unexpected role as stenographer to President Barack Obama. She became part of the small group that traveled everywhere with the president, recording his words with microphone and recorder in hand. Beck formed close bonds with other young staffers who had also left their normal lives to serve on Air Force One. The work took her across time zones and into the heart of political power. Her outsider status made the White House world both thrilling and bewildering. Romance complicated everything when she became involved with a Washington insider. The relationship forced her to navigate between her personal feelings and professional duties. Through glamorous events and behind the scenes drama, Beck learned hard lessons about friendship, heartbreak, and finding her own voice in a world of protocol and power.
Genres: american-fiction, contemporary, memoir, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Air Force One, Washington DC, White House
Period: 21st Century
330 pages · Hardcover · Random House