Kate Andersen Brower

The Residence (eBook, ePUB)

Inside the Private World of the White House

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Absolutely delicious.Washington Post

From the mystique of the glamorous Kennedys to the tumult that surrounded Bill and Hillary Clinton during the president's impeachment to the historic tenure of Barack and Michelle Obama, each new administration brings a unique set of personalities to the White Houseand a new set of challenges to the fiercely loyal and hardworking people who serve them: the White House residence staff.

In her runaway bestseller The Residence, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain on the world's most famous address. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with butlers, maids, chefs, florists, doormen, and other staffersas well as conversations with three former first ladies and the children of four presidentsBrower offers a group portrait of the dedicated professionals who orchestrate lavish state dinners; stand ready during meetings with foreign dignitaries; care for the president and first

lady's young children; and cater to every need the first couple may have, however sublime or, on occasion, ridiculous.

Superbly reported. . . . A fascinating backstage account of the world's most famous residence.Judy Woodruff, anchor, PBS NewsHour and former White House Correspondent for NBC News

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062476012
• Artikelnr.: 44126417

Autorenporträt

Kate Andersen Brower is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Residence, First Womenalso a New York Times bestsellerand First in Line. She is a CNN contributor who covered the Obama White House for Bloomberg News and is a former CBS News staffer and Fox News producer. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and the Washington Post. She lives outside Washington, D.C., with her husband and their three young children.