
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?
And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House
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Narrated by:
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Alyssa Mastromonaco
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Lauren Oyler
About this listen
If your funny older sister were the former deputy chief of staff to President Barack Obama, her behind-the-scenes political memoir would look something like this....
Alyssa Mastromonaco worked for Barack Obama for almost a decade and long before his run for president. From the then-senator's early days in Congress to his years in the Oval Office, she made Hope and Change happen through blood, sweat, tears and lots of briefing binders. But for every historic occasion - meeting the queen at Buckingham Palace, bursting in on secret climate talks or nailing a campaign speech in a hailstorm - there were dozens of less-than-perfect moments when it was up to Alyssa to save the day. Like the time she learned the hard way that there aren't nearly enough bathrooms at the Vatican.
Full of hilarious, never-before-told stories, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? is an intimate portrait of a president, a book about how to get stuff done and the story of how one woman challenged, again and again, what a White House official is supposed to look like. Here Alyssa shares the strategies that made her successful in politics and beyond, including the importance of confidence, the value of not being a jerk, and why ultimately everything comes down to hard work (and always carrying a spare tampon).
Told in a smart, original voice and topped off with a couple of really good cat stories, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? is the brilliantly funny, frank and inspirational memoir from a savvy political star.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2017 Alyssa Mastromonaco (P)2017 Little Brown Book GroupWhat is there is good though, and she really has a great narrative style and it kept me at the gym longer than i normally would so i could listen some more. I think listen to this if you liked Michelle Obama's book or Sheryl Sandbergs Lean in.
Just to let you know, I work for Audible, but the views expressed in this review are 100% my own.
This was a great idea!!
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A great read!
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Entertaining
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Overall amazing!
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I couldn’t stand the narrators voice ( who was actually the author) nor her tone. She had no intonation in her voice at all. Very bland. Which I thought was odd given that she was the author.
I found the book to be quite self indulgent on her part and really irritated me that it seemed to be more of a book about her than to be more about behind the scenes of the White House which was what I was expecting. Perhaps that’s what it was meant to be, but just wasn’t what I was expecting.
Also I thought way too much talk of her periods and stomach issues.
Kudos to her for achieving so much in her career at a young age but I just couldn’t go on any further.
Sorry to leave a bad review but have to be honest
Maybe it would be a little better if it was read rather than listened to.
Terrible
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Disappointing
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Exhausted
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Self-indulgent from the outset there are whole chapters that mislead the reader into thinking this is meaningful insight into life under Barrack Obama. It isn’t. It’s one woman’s attempt to cash in on time spent in that administration with the political insights few and far between.
For sure if you want to read about a Washington DC cat, or the lack of tampon machines in the White House…..read on.
But if you’re looking for real insight into life on the road or in the staff of Obama, forget it. This book is a total fraud on the reader and Audible should be refunding all those who buy it.
Who Thought This Book Was A Good Idea? Audible I Want My Token Back
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