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West Winging it : an un-presidential memoir

Title

West Winging it : an un-presidential memoir / Pat Cunnane.

Author

Cunnane, Pat

Publication

New York : Gallery Books, 2018.
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Description

x, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"The West Wing meets The Office in this exclusive look into President Barack Obama's years in the White House, directly from his senior writer and former Deputy Director of Messaging. West Winging It: An Unpresidential Memoir is the personal story of Pat Cunnane and his journey from outsider to insider, from his dreary job at a warehouse to his dream job at the White House. Pat pulls the drapes back on the most famous and exclusive building in the United States, telling the story of the real West Wing with portraits of the people who populate the place, from the President to the press corps. Pat takes you into the Oval Office, providing an insider's glimpse of that it's really like--from the minutiae to the momentous--to work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Along the way, Pat draws an intimate portrait of the side of President Obama that few were privy to--the funnyman, the nerd, the athlete, the caring parent. He describes both the small details--the time he watched in horror as the President reached over the sneeze guard at Chipotle--and the larger, historic moments, such as watching the President handle the news of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. In some ways, working at the White House is a lot like every office, and in some ways, it's like no office ever. Pat recounts the time he accidentally slammed a door on Joe Biden, plotted to have the Pope bless him by faking a sneeze, and almost killed America's First Dog. Pat's story is one of proximity to history, revealing an office where both the historically momentous and the hilariously mundane occurred every day. He brings the White House to life with hysterical, heartwarming, and sharply observed depictions of the President and Vice President. It's a portrait of a remarkable time and an extraordinary President, featuring a bunch of brilliant, quirky staffers bursting in and out of frame. He recounts the behind-the-scene highs and lows of the West Wing, from the elation of 2012 to the despair of 2016. Filled with sharp observations and exclusive photos, West Winging It is at its core a fish-out-of-water story--only these fish are trying to run the United States of America"--

Subjects

Genre/Form

Autobiographies.
Humor.
Biography.

Contents

Prologue. The beginning ... -- Warehouse to the White House -- In the buffer -- Lower press -- 2012 -- Office politics -- Disaster casual -- The normals -- Interviews about nothing -- Friday the thirteenth -- Epilogue. ... Of the end.

Call Number

JFE 18-5200

ISBN

9781501178290
1501178296

LCCN

2017055266

OCLC

1029770758

Author

Cunnane, Pat, author.

Title

West Winging it : an un-presidential memoir / Pat Cunnane.

Publisher

New York : Gallery Books, 2018.

Copyright Date

Edition

First Gallery books hardcover edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Chronological Term

2009-2017

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5200

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