Random House presents the audiobook model of Through the Corner from the Oval Workplace, written and browse by Beck Dorey-Stein.

The compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes memoir that takes readers in the Obama Light House, through the eyes of a young staffer learning the ropes, falling in like and finding her put in place the world.

In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein was just scraping by in Washington DC when a posting on Craigslist landed her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama’s about From the Corner of the Oval Workplace: One woman’s accurate tale of her accidental career in the Obama White Home stenographers. She became a member of the elite group who accompanied the president wherever he proceeded to go, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind travels across time zones, Beck forged friendships with a tight group of fellow holidaymakers – young men and ladies who, like her, still left their actual lives behind to hop aboard Atmosphere Force One in service of the leader. But mainly because she learned the ropes of protocol, Beck became romantically entangled using a colleague, and all of a sudden, the political became all as well personal.

Set against the background of a White House filled with glamour, episode and intrigue, this is actually the story of a young woman building unlikely friendships, obtaining her center broken, learning what truly matters and discovering her voice in the process.

‘Who knew the Western Wing could be therefore sexy? Beck’s unequalled access is apparent on every page, along with her knife-sharp humour… Lots of books claim to give true insider glimpses, but that one in fact delivers.’

Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada