White House Story, a Democratic Memoir

Get your own copy of White House Story, a Democratic Memoir, and read ALL the inside stories of   life and work at the world’s most famous House: back-stage gossip about how it REALLY works – and what happens when it doesn’t, who visits (hint: the Grateful Dead and the Queen of Sweden.  On the same day.)  Breakfast with Tom Hanks, lunch with Michael Douglas, gifts from the King of Morocco and dinner seated next to the President of the United States were all in a day’s work for Melinda Bates, the only person in history to run the White House Visitors Office for all eight years of an administration.

But Melinda wasn’t just a Special Assistant to the President, she’s  also a lifelong friend of Bill’s, and that gave her access to places and events other staff never got to.  She tells her insider stories with a light touch and keen sense of the improbable and amusing.  You can read some of them here on the site, but for the full picture, you really must click on the link in the upper right corner and BUY THE BOOK!  Makes a great holiday gift – if you can bear to part with it!  If you’d like an autographed copy, send me a request in the comments section and I’ll be happy to sign and  send one out.