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So Here's the Thing . . .: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut de Alyssa Mastromonaco

So Here's the Thing . . .: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut

Autor Alyssa Mastromonaco Cu Lauren Oyler
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 mar 2019

Imaginează-ți o seară târzie în birourile de la West Wing, unde deciziile politice majore se amestecă cu momentele de vulnerabilitate personală și umorul sec necesar pentru a supraviețui presiunii. În So Here's the Thing . . ., observăm cum Alyssa Mastromonaco transformă această atmosferă într-un ghid de viață pentru femeia modernă. Nu este doar un volum de memorii politice, ci o serie de eseuri și interviuri care navighează între subiecte aparent disparate, precum Barbra Streisand, emisiunea The Bachelor și complexitatea relațiilor în era social media.

Structura cărții este dinamică, alternând experiențele personale ale autoarei cu perspectivele unor figuri publice precum Monica Lewinsky sau Susan Rice. Această abordare polifonică oferă o profunzime rar întâlnită în literatura de tip self-help, ancorând sfaturile practice în realități trăite. Abordarea jurnalistică și onestă evocă stilul din Everything Will Be Okay de Dana Perino, dar perspectiva Mastromonaco este mult mai ancorată în cultura pop și în realitățile uneori incomode ale maturizării sub lupa publicului. Dacă în lucrarea sa anterioară, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?, autoarea se concentra pe culisele puterii de la Casa Albă, aici extinde cadrul, analizând ce înseamnă să ai încredere în propriul instinct atunci când viața profesională se ciocnește de cea privată.

Tonul este direct și lipsit de menajamente, amintind de onestitatea brutală din It's Messy de Amanda De Cadenet. Credem că forța acestui volum rezidă în capacitatea autoarei de a trata cu aceeași seriozitate (și umor) atât crizele diplomatice, cât și eșecurile personale cotidiene. So Here's the Thing . . . funcționează ca o conversație lungă și sinceră cu o prietenă care a văzut totul și a supraviețuit pentru a povesti, oferind o hartă a maturizării fără a pretinde că are toate răspunsurile.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781538731550
ISBN-10: 153873155X
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 146 x 216 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Twelve

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte tinerelor femei care caută un echilibru între ambiția profesională și autenticitatea personală. Alyssa Mastromonaco oferă lecții de viață câștigate cu greu, combinând rigoarea politicii la nivel înalt cu umorul cotidian. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă onestă asupra gestionării crizelor, importanței prieteniei și curajului de a-ți urma instinctul, totul într-un format accesibil și plin de spirit.

Despre autor

Alyssa Mastromonaco este o autoare de succes, cunoscută pentru bestsellerul său 'Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?'. Ea a servit ca adjunct al șefului de personal pentru operațiuni în administrația Obama, fiind una dintre cele mai tinere femei care au ocupat o funcție de o asemenea importanță la Casa Albă. Experiența sa vastă în politică, comunicare și managementul crizelor este dublată de o carieră de succes în media și producție. În scrierile sale, Mastromonaco îmbină expertiza administrativă cu o voce editorială proaspătă și relevantă pentru cultura contemporană.

Notă biografică

Alyssa Mastromonaco served as assistant to the president and director of scheduling and advance at the White House from 2009 to 2011 and as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for operations at the White House from 2011 to 2014. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? with Lauren Oyler and a contributor to Crooked Media.
 
Lauren Oyler is a writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Baffler, the New Republic, VICE, and elsewhere.

Recenzii

"This relatable memoir is packed with juicy on-the-road stories and crisis management advice, and presents a strong case for embracing a sense of humor in the face of humbling setbacks."—Esquire.com

"Growing up is hard. Trusting your gut? Sheesh. That sounds impossible at times. Let Alyssa Mastromonaco hold your hand and show you that with some good laughs and a lot of heart, life can be a little less daunting. I wish I'd read this book when I was younger, but it still resonates today, and I know it will be relevant at all stages of life. What a gift."—Aminatou Sow, co-founder of Tech LadyMafia
"I'm just going to say this book lets the 'cat out of the bag,' so to speak: everyone who knows her or reads her work wants to be Alyssa's best friend. SO HERE'S THE THING... makes it impossible not to want that. Her life stories somehow make all of us feel seen. All of which means my position on the waiting list for the best friend title may shift. While I'm coming to terms with that, I will also say I'm all for mixing patterns, just not always the ones Alyssa puts together."—Stacy London, New York Times bestselling author of The Truth About Style
PREVIOUS PRAISE FORWHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?AND ALYSSA MASTROMONACO:

"Always fascinating and very funny, Alyssa's book is full of juicy stories from one of the world's most glamorous jobs."
—Mindy Kaling, New York Times bestselling author of Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) and Why Not Me?
"WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA? is everything we've come to know and love about Alyssa over the decade we worked with her: brilliant, funny, grounded, and inspiring. Anyone who's interested in politics - especially young people - should read this book."—Dan Pfeiffer and Jon Favreau, former communications director and speechwriter for President Barack Obama
"Few people have had as much access and influence over national events over the last decade as Alyssa Mastromonaco. No matter how serious the crisis or hard the problem, Alyssa took care of it with great skill and professionalism, and even greater humor. This book tells the story of a young woman succeeding under extraordinary circumstances, and throughout it all, never taking herself too seriously."—Stephanie Cutter, former deputy campaign manager for President Barack Obama
"I've often wondered how a woman can be so many things wrapped up in one dynamic package. Alyssa is my fairy godmother: she's wise, resourceful, insanely smart, and makes me laugh in a very special way. Her stories - from the front line of the White House to her kitchen - will entertain, inspire, and humor you for a long time to come."—Amanda de Cadenet
"Alyssa is a force: whip-smart, humble, and funny as hell. Her writing is as fearless as she is."—Sophia Amoruso, founder and CEO of Girlboss
"When imagining working in the White House, many picture meaningful meetings, glamorous dinners, and high-stakes decision making. It can be all of those things. But as Alyssa Mastromonaco writes in WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?, the reader gets a real and raw peek behind the curtains where Alyssa experiences the good, the bad, the distressing, and the often hilarious. Alyssa has real grit and grace, and her book is her story very well told."—Dana Perino, New York Times bestselling author of And the Good News Is... and Let Me Tell You About Jasper...
"A combination memoir and compendium of very good suggestions about how to get ahead -- very far ahead -- at an early age."—The Washington Post
"[WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA] is brimming with...humorous, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, as well as up-close-and-personal moments with Obama that shed new light on who he is as a leader, man and friend."—People.com
"A moving, funny, and sometimes heart-wrenching look back at the years [Alyssa Mastromonaco] spent in politics and by [President Obama's] side. A must-read for anybody who's even remotely interested in how Washington works, but is worth reading for anyone who enjoys brilliant wit and once-in-a-lifetime stories...you'll probably end up reading it more than once."—PopSugar.com

"This relatable memoir is packed with juicy on-the-road stories and crisis management advice, and presents a strong case for embracing a sense of humor in the face of humbling setbacks."—Esquire.com

Descriere

From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays, and interviews on topics important to young women, ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood, and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in the age of social media.

 

Alyssa Mastromonaco is back with a bold, no-nonsense, and no-holds-barred twenty-first-century girl's guide to life, tackling the highs and lows of bodies, politics, relationships, moms, education, life on the internet, and pop culture. Whether discussing Barbra Streisand or The Bachelor, working in the West Wing or working on finding a wing woman, Alyssa leaves no stone unturned...and no awkward situation unexamined.

 

 
Like her bestseller Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?, SO HERE'S THE THING... brings a sharp eye and outsize sense of humor to the myriad issues facing women the world over, both in and out of the workplace. Along with Alyssa's personal experiences and hard-won life lessons, interviews with women like Monica Lewinsky, Susan Rice, and Chelsea Handler round out this modern woman's guide to, well, just about everything you can think of.