Comments on: From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein | Review https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 23:03:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: susan https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13203 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 23:03:53 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13203 So glad you liked this one! Wahoo. I’m in line for it at the library #63! I lived in DC and often love these political worker bee kinds of tales … especially for a president worthy of praise. Many young idealists in DC … I hope they won’t be lost during these years.

]]> By: Catherine https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13154 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:32:28 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13154 You already convinced me on this one- I’m 154 in line at the library!

It is absolutely tragic if you stop and think about working for the current POTUS. I’m certain there is not a single person on his staff who admires him. Uses him, yes. But respects him? No way. It’s appalling. And depressing. So, something uplifting will be welcome!

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13147 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:01:39 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13147 In reply to Beth F.

It was great and a really fast read. Hope you like it.

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13146 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:01:09 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13146 In reply to Susan.

yay! I think you’ll enjoy it.

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13145 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:00:46 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13145 In reply to Angela.

I won’t even touch most political books, but this one was only political in a very light way. It’s really more about an incredible five years in this young woman’s life.

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13144 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:59:32 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13144 In reply to Ann Marie.

I know exactly how you feel, Ann Marie. It’s a bizarre time to be living through and I watch my adult kids struggling to try to understand it themselves. They’ve asked me if there were other periods/administrations this extreme and the answer is no. It’s scary.

That being said, From the Corner of the Oval has a lot of really uplifting moments in it. It’s a wonderful memoir.

]]> By: Angela https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13114 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:58:52 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13114 I’m not a very political person, but this book appeals to me SO MUCH. I’m so glad to hear you loved it; now I’ll be running to get to this one sooner rather than later!

]]> By: Ann Marie https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13113 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:40:36 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13113 Oh, Susie you are tempting me. I just heard about this one last week. I’m not sure my heart could take it though. Just reading about our current administrations views on the value of a documentation (or lack thereof) infuriated me. I just finished listening to Last Year in Havana and cried a great deal with that one. For the characters, for Cuba, for everything that’s happening in this country and all over the world… Sometimes I wish I could bury my head in the sand.

]]> By: Susan https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13109 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:38:33 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13109 Great review! I took your advice and put it on reserve at the library hopefully it will come in soon!

]]> By: Beth F https://novelvisits.com/from-the-corner-of-the-oval-by-beck-dorey-stein-review/#comment-13108 Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:34:28 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=5709#comment-13108 Thanks for drawing my attention to this. I think I’d better add it to my list. Sounds fascinating — and, yes, a bit sad too.

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