A new author has brought a fresh perspective to the book world. Her writing is smooth and carries us along effortlessly.
She is Beck Dorey-Stein, and From the Corner of the Oval immerses us in her five years as a stenographer for President Barack Obama. She brings us along as she records press conferences and flies on Air Force One.
Along the way, she shares her intimate personal life with the men she loved and the friends she worked and partied with. It's an unusual inside glimpse of a young woman's life in Washington, the White House and the countries the president visited.
As a stenographer, the author regularly worked in the Oval Office and other areas of the White House, and we share her journey as she dashes from her office at the top of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Unlike other memoirs, this is not a jumble of memories but a clear grouping of chapters by years from 2011 to 2017.
Despite Dorey-Stein's worries about her skills as a writer, she has written a very readable book that holds the reader's attention and guides us effortlessly through her experiences. Making the story even more enjoyable, this book is very well edited, without the all-too-common errors that plague many of today's releases.
Let's hope she continues writing through the new phases of her life. This is an author to watch.
She is Beck Dorey-Stein, and From the Corner of the Oval immerses us in her five years as a stenographer for President Barack Obama. She brings us along as she records press conferences and flies on Air Force One.
Along the way, she shares her intimate personal life with the men she loved and the friends she worked and partied with. It's an unusual inside glimpse of a young woman's life in Washington, the White House and the countries the president visited.
As a stenographer, the author regularly worked in the Oval Office and other areas of the White House, and we share her journey as she dashes from her office at the top of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Unlike other memoirs, this is not a jumble of memories but a clear grouping of chapters by years from 2011 to 2017.
Despite Dorey-Stein's worries about her skills as a writer, she has written a very readable book that holds the reader's attention and guides us effortlessly through her experiences. Making the story even more enjoyable, this book is very well edited, without the all-too-common errors that plague many of today's releases.
Let's hope she continues writing through the new phases of her life. This is an author to watch.
