![]() ![]() Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with butlers, maids, chefs, florists, doormen, engineers, and others, White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower offers a group portrait of the dedicated professionals who coordinate the smooth running of elaborate state dinners stand ready during meetings with foreign dignitaries care for the president and first lady’s young children and cater to every need the first couple may have, however sublime or, on occasion, ridiculous. Now, for the first time, their stories of fifty years, ten administrations, and countless crises large and small, are told in The Residence. No one understands the president of the United States, and his family, like the men and women who make the White House run every day. ![]() From the mystique of the glamourous Kennedys, to the tumult that surrounded Bill and Hillary Clinton during the president’s impeachment, to the historic yet polarizing Barack and Michelle Obama, each new administration brings a new and unique set of personalities to the White House-and a new set of challenges to the fiercely loyal and hard-working people who serve them: the White House residence staff. America’s First Families are among the most private public figures on earth. ![]()
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