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Finding My Way: A Memoir of Family, Identity, and Political Ambition

Name: Finding My Way: A Memoir of Family, Identity, and Political Ambition
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ISBN: 9781954854963

Robin F. Schepper

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A deeply personal memoir about finding family and belonging from White House staffer Robin F. Schepper. Growing up torn between her single Pan Am–stewardess mom and brothel-owning grandmother in 1960s New York City, Robin F. Schepper never imagined that she'd one day have an office in the East Wing of the White House. Her childhood in a German American neighborhood on the Upper East Side was peppered with half-truths, from the family secrets surrounding her grandmother's immigration to deceptions about her biological father. In a world of self-absorbed adults, Robin largely raised herself: she secured a scholarship to a prestigious private school and worked several jobs as a teenager to pay her own living expenses before finally escaping to California for college. Street-smart and undeniably driven, once in the professional world Robin quickly ascended in the male-dominated political sphere, traveling the globe while being subjected to sexual...

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Year:

2023

Publisher:

Girl Friday Books

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

2022917368

ISBN 13:

9781954854963