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A review by scliesrwat
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Lauren Oyler, Alyssa Mastromonaco
4.0
When I first found out about this book, I was really interested in reading it mainly because "The West Wing" is my favorite show and it awakened an interest in the world of politics in me.
Simply put, I loved this book. As a teenage girl, it was important for me to read something like it. Alyssa Mastromonaco did not go to an Ivy league, didn't come from an old-money wealthy family, and didn't get a 4.0 GPA, and she still got one of the most important jobs in the West Wing by working hard for it.
This memoir isn't a boring, purified tale told by an old white man. Mastromonaco is funny, smart, and not afraid to get real about the issues she struggled with before and after leaving the White House.
I also LOVED reading about her relationship with Obama: it really was insightful to what the most powerful man in the world was like behind closed doors, and a comfort knowing he's just as cool as I thought he was.
Finally, this book just made me miss when good, honest people ran the White House and the US. Could we please go back to that?
Simply put, I loved this book. As a teenage girl, it was important for me to read something like it. Alyssa Mastromonaco did not go to an Ivy league, didn't come from an old-money wealthy family, and didn't get a 4.0 GPA, and she still got one of the most important jobs in the West Wing by working hard for it.
This memoir isn't a boring, purified tale told by an old white man. Mastromonaco is funny, smart, and not afraid to get real about the issues she struggled with before and after leaving the White House.
I also LOVED reading about her relationship with Obama: it really was insightful to what the most powerful man in the world was like behind closed doors, and a comfort knowing he's just as cool as I thought he was.
Finally, this book just made me miss when good, honest people ran the White House and the US. Could we please go back to that?