01888cam a2200361 i 4500 350859988 TxGeo 20180709120000.0 180429s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017053262 9780525509127 hbk. 0525509127 hbk. (OCoLC)1043360363 TxGeo rda Dorey-Stein, Beck. From the corner of the oval : a memoir / Beck Dorey-Stein. First edition. New York, NY : Spiegel & Grau, 2018. xix, 330 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A memoir"--Jacket. In 2012, [the author] is working five part-time jobs and just scraping by when a posting on Craigslist lands her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. The ultimate D.C. outsider, she joins the elite team who accompany the president wherever he goes, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips across time zones, [she] forges friendships with a dynamic group of fellow travelers ... As she learns to navigate White House protocols and more than once runs afoul of the hierarchy, [she] becomes romantically entangled with a consummate D.C. insider, and suddenly the political becomes all too personal"--Amazon.com. 20180718. Dorey-Stein, Beck. Obama, Barack Friends and associates. Presidents United States Staff Biography. Stenographers United States Biography. Women employees United States Biography. Autobiographies. QS5