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Clintonista, a White House Memoir

Name: Clintonista, a White House Memoir
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Melinda N. Bates

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Clintonista, A White House Memoir, is a behind-the-scenes look at life and work in the world's most powerful house. Melinda Bates is the only person in history to run the White House Visitors Office for all eight years of an administration. From her perch in the East Wing she organized brilliant Easter Egg Rolls, fireworks viewings, and ceremonies for visiting heads of state. Breakfast with Tom Hanks, lunch with Michael Douglas, a visit with Oprah Winfrey, tea with Dr. Ruth, gifts from the King of Morocco, and dinner seated next to President Bill Clinton were all in a day's work. The author is uniquely qualified to take the reader backstage as celebrities, dignitaries and political power brokers visit President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. How does the White House work? What happens when it doesn’t work so well? How does someone get a job there? Everybody loves the White House, and Clintonista is a zany, heart-breaking, and compelling first- hand account of eight amazing years of American history. Everyone following the Obama White House with interest will want to read this first, to understand what President Obama, Mrs. Obama, and the new White House staff encounter as they make their own mark on history.

302 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 9, 2009