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The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Nanny Diaries return with “a convincing portrait of a damaged young woman whose head is turned by the attentions of a dashing and powerful political figure.…An utterly absorbing page-turner” (Booklist).
I was twenty-two years old only three weeks out of college.
I thought my whole life was beginning...then he kissed me.
Jamie McAlister has resigned herself to the fact that in this job market, her painfully expensive degree might only get her a position at Starbucks, when she suddenly lands a prestigious internship at the White House. Although she doesn’t hit it off with the other interns—who come from so much money that ten weeks without a paycheck doesn’t faze them—she is eager to work hard and make the best of the opportunity while it lasts.
An unexpected encounter late one evening with the charismatic President Gregory Rutland seems like just a fleeting flirtation, but when he orchestrates clandestine meetings and late-night phone calls, their relationship quickly escalates. Jamie knows what she is doing is wrong: he’s married, he has kids, he’s the President. Yet each time she tries to extricate herself, Greg pulls her back in.
With the conflicted desires of the most powerful man in the world driving her to her breaking point, Jamie can’t help but divulge intimate details to those closest to her. But she must have confided in the wrong person, because she soon finds herself, and everyone she cares about, facing calculated public destruction at the hands of Greg’s political enemies, and—perhaps no matter how much he cares about her—at the hands of Greg himself.
- Sales Rank: #147897 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-08-27
- Released on: 2013-08-27
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Publishers Weekly
McLaughlin and Krauss craft another narrative around tabloid headlines, this time exploring a White House intern's downfall. After graduating from college into the worst job market since the Great Depression, Jamie McAllister lands a prestigious internship at the White House Department of Scheduling and Advance, hoping to pad her resume while looking for a paying position. The hours are long, and she doesn't quite fit in with the straitlaced D.C. crowd, but Jamie has always been a high achiever and performs well. During a tense government shutdown, she and the other interns are called in to cover for furloughed employees, and an unexpected after-hours encounter with President Greg Rutland ends with a kiss, touching off a steamy affair. Suddenly, the president is calling Jamie at all hours of the night and inventing excuses for her to visit the Oval Office. When their secret inevitably escapes, Jamie finds herself enmeshed in a scandal that threatens to destroy not just the Rutland presidency but her career, friendships, and family. Jamie is initially hard to sympathize with, but her unreliability as a narrator and complexity as a character add an interesting dimension to a story that might otherwise have seemed trashy and exploitative. Agent: Suzanne Gluck, WME Entertainment. (Aug.)
From Booklist
On the heels of Between You and Me (2012), the authors of The Nanny Diaries (2002) offer up another juicy ripped-from-the-tabloids tale. Studious Jamie McAllister graduates from Vassar and scores a coveted White House internship. She’s thrilled to be working in the administration of Greg Rutland, the handsome, charismatic President. But a close encounter between Rutland and Jamie in a hidden corridor in the West Wing ignites a steamy affair. Though Jamie knows rationally there’s no future for the relationship, she falls hard and confides in three friends about the romance. Jamie is stunned when one of them betrays her and turns her into front-page news. McLaughlin and Kraus draw heavily from the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, but just as they humanized a pop princess in their last outing, here they offer up a convincing portrait of a damaged young woman whose head is turned by the attentions of a dashing and powerful political figure. This compassionate examination of a young woman led astray is an utterly absorbing page-turner. --Kristine Huntley
Review
“Just as they humanized a pop princess in their last outing, here they offer up a convincing portrait of a damaged young woman whose head is turned by the attentions of a dashing and powerful political figure. This compassionate examination of a young woman led astray is an utterly absorbing page-turner.” (Booklist)
“A dishy, sometimes somber, scandalous tale of what happens when you fall in love with the president of the United States.” (Kirkus)
“Jamie’s unreliability as a narrator and complexity as a character add an interesting dimension to a story that might otherwise have seemed trashy and exploitative." (Publishers Weekly)
“Pop star craziness meets Nanny Diaries wit and social commentary? Yes, please!" (Hollywood Reporter)
“Pop culture aficionados will see plenty of parallels to Britney Spears’ meteoric rise and downward
spiral in Kelsey’s story, and they’ll enjoy McLaughlin and Kraus’ unflinching look at the price of fame." (Booklist)
"McLaughlin and Kraus explore the dark side of fame...and provide an empathetic backstory to the sorts of salacious tales that readers see in the tabloids." (Publishers Weekly)
“As bitingly funny as its predecessor.” (People)
“McLaughlin and Kraus get the nagging need for closure comically right." (Publishers Weekly)
"A national phenomenon." (Newsweek)
“Diabolically funny.” (The New York Times)
Most helpful customer reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Waste of Time and Money
By Splendid Reader
What a miserable waste of paper. Terribly written story with totally unsympathetic, unlikeable characters and a shabby plot makes this one miserable book. I should have stopped reading after the first chapter but silly me, I kept thinking it would get better. Nope, it just got worse, the characters became even more unlikeable, and the ending was ridiculous. Too bad I had to leave one star. It didn't deserve it.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Even better than their other books
By Maggie C
I devoured this book. I could not put my Kindle down and stayed up late to treasure this one. (And that's a sacrifice for me since sleep is limited lately) Just like their previous novel, Between You and Menofollow, and their first big hit, The Nanny Diariesnofollow, I was absorbed from the first chapter and sad when the book was over. If you were a bit young when the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal was big news, consider this book your refresher into the affair as it seems to resemble the events that happened 15 (!) years ago.
The authors excel at showing how and why Gregory Rutland would be able to rise up to become President of the United States. I have to admit that as I read this, I pictured the President as Jason Sudeikis as he appeared portraying Mitt Romney on SNL last year. This character seemed to be that wise-cracking and charming but somewhat slick guy that many woman would find attractive. I was also strongly reminded of Bill Clinton. For my fellow fans of The Family Guy, I was also reminded of the episode where Lois has an affair with Clinton and she can't really explain why or how it happened. Jamie seems to be quickly enveloped into something that is far out of her control and she's left bewildered and confused after the whirlwind has passed.
The only point of contention I have with this book is that while there is barely a glance passed between the couple, the affair has begun. I wonder if Jamie had not been sent to his office and seen him in the midst of a panic attack if anything would have happened. Was he faking this panic attack to seem more vulnerable? The whole beginning of the affair seems somewhat fast and muddled to me, but again maybe that just lends to the blurry speed with which everything occurs.
Another point arises in this novel that I'd like to point out. We seldom think about the families of the big names in scandals, news and the tabloids. However, this book shows that the families, though they may know nothing about what is going on, is just as under scrutiny and attack as the major players. It was sad that Jamie's family had to suffer because of her actions.
I don't want to say too much but the end of the book was sad yet confusing to me. I don't know that I would have felt and acted like Jamie did. I guess it speaks for the growth that Jamie undergoes through the whole situation. If you do wind up reading this book, I'd love to hear about what you thought about the ending.
The First Affair would have been perfect for the short vacation that I am about to take. If you've got a weekend of relaxing ahead (Labor Day weekend?), be sure to nab this book. You will be done with it quickly but may wind up neglecting your family just to see what happens next.
I received a copy of this book through Netgalley.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Thoroughly Enjoyed
By chrissy
My Rating - 4 Stars
*I received a digital copy of this novel free from Netgalley on behalf of Atria Books*
Jamie just graduated from Vassar, several thousand dollars in debt (thanks student loans!) with no job prospects (thanks government!). She luckily landed an internship at the White House, which will at least look good on her resume.
She's not well liked by her fellow interns, and her best friend is across the country. She's lonely. She has no real plan besides possibly moving back home to live with mom and dad.
During a government furlough, the interns are forced to work double time and closer to the President. During a routine run to have paperwork dropped off, Jaime accidentally runs into the President while he's having a panic attack. Having experienced panic attacks herself, she knows how to calm him down, so she does what any nice American citizen would do, and she helps him.
And he kisses her as a thank you.
Which leads to (I'm sure you can guess what it leads to, y'all are smart) an AFFAIR. The President is THE PRESIDENT. Can you turn him down? Not like Jamie wants to exactly, because she just wants someone to love her.
Jamie has a dysfunctional family. Her dad is an alcoholic; her sister is kinda mean and an alcoholic. Her mother is just...there. She grew up feeling kind of unloved and like she was second fiddle to her dad and sister's issues. That's not really an excuse for having an affair with a married man but it's her reasoning.
Anyways, her first mistake is having an affair with a married President. Her second is telling so many people about it. (She tells three, THREE!). Also, he promises her a job but not really and she gets screwed and placed in another unpaid internship because The President's adviser has gotten suspicious and wants her out of the White House.
They never actually have sex but engage in sex acts (and there are a couple Monica Lewinsky-ish things that happen with a coat and a shaving brush. If you don't know who that is, google her).
Eventually it all comes crashing down around her during the Presidents trial about him another woman. Her "friends" basically set her up or abandoned her. And I don't think I'm spoiling here because exactly how do you think a book about an affair with a married President is going to end?
I actually really liked this book. I hate cheating, I hate when cheating is justified in a book, and I really hate when the other woman knows about the wife. But there are no excuses in this book. There are very serious consequences for everyone's actions.
Jaime is a very unsure, naïve girl. She just wants someone to pay attention to her and love her. Granted, she chose the wrong person but we all make mistakes, right? She actually fantasizes about becoming the FLOTUS but doesn't really wish the President's wife out of the picture because she would hate to see her hurt. Jaime thinks about how what they've done will affect the children. Once you figure out her back story you can kind of see why she would both make such a terrible decision involving a married man. She comes to something of a realization.
And of course Jaime also gets totally effed over; by the President, her supposed friends, the media, ex-boyfriends. So does anyone that's ever had any connection to her.
Jaime pays for her mistake with her future; such is life for a woman though. The President still gets to be President and Jaime gets labeled a whore. That is commented on.
I really enjoyed this book. I recommend! (Unless cheating is a GGGRRRR thing for you that sends you into a rage. Then maybe skip it.)
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