Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  The Residence: Inside The Private World Of The White House rakanyorwa naKate Andersen Brower. (Harper £18,99) Nokuda kwavaAmerica, White House ndiyo imba youmambo ine mukurumbira zvikuru yaunogona kuwana. Nokuda kwavasiri vokuAmerica, chiratidzo chesimba chinoremekedzwa, asi kwete chimwe chinofanira kunyanya kudiwa. Kate Brower, mutori wenhau wokuAmerica akapiwa basa rokunyora nhau dzeWhite House yaObama, akafadzwa nokushanda kweimba yacho pashure pokunge aona Downton Abbey. Akatanga kubvunzurudza vashandi, avo vanokwana 100, kuti aumbe mufananidzo wakafanana weAmerica weUpperstairs, Downstairs. Vashandi vose vanogara muWashington uye vanogara vachidzoka. Maawa acho akareba. Avo vari pabasa havagoni kuenda kumusha kutozosvikira Purezidhendi aenda pamudyandigere ndokurara. Naizvozvo vanoona vashoma vemhuri dzavo uye kazhinji kazhinji vanorambana somuuyo. Mari yacho haisi yakawanda, asi basa racho rine mukurumbira uye rinopfuudzwa nokurumbidzwa neshamwari. Vakawanda vavo vakagara ikoko kwemakore 20 kana kupfuura. Ronald Reagan (ari pamufananidzo nomudzimai wake, Nancu), pane rumwe rutivi, akanga ane nyoro zvikuru, achidisa kwazvo kutaura navo zvokuti vabatiri chaizvoizvo vakaedza kumudzivisa kuti varege kubatwa kwamaawa. West Wing ndiyo hofisi yomuhofisi yaPurezidhendi; East Wing ndeyeMukadzi Wokutanga nevashandi vake. "Nzvimbo Yokugara", sokudanwa kunoitwa nzvimbo dzokugara, chaizvoizvo inotanga pauriri hwechipiri uye inochengetwa yakavanzwa pamazana avashanyi vanopinda mumakamuri ehurumende masikati oga oga. Kuchengeta sangano richifamba zvakanaka, kubva kumashopu ari muimba yepasi kusvika kuvapfuri vari padenga, ibasa rakaoma. Kunoda mari inosvika <unk> $13 miriyoni pagore kubva kumari yehurumende, pamwe chete nemupiro mukuru unobva kuMhuri Yokutanga imene. Vatungamiriri venyika nemadzimai avo vanofanira kubhadhara zvokudya zvavo nezvokunwa uye zvevaenzi vavo. Vanobhadhariswawo mari yokuchenesa. Kunyange Madzimai Okutanga akapfuma nguva dzose vanokwezva kuchengeta mabhiri ari pasi, zvikurukuru mumakicheni umo vabiki vakuru vari pamusoro pezvinorangarirwa zvakadai semari. Jackie Kennedy akanzwika achinyunyuta achiti: "Hatina zvakawanda...
Nokuda kwavasiri vokuAmerica White House chiratidzo chesimba chinoremekedzwa. Mumwe mutori wenhau akanga apiwa basa rokunyora nhau dzeWhite House yaObama akatanga kufarira. Akabvunzurudza vashandi kuti azive kushanda kwemukati meimba.