Finding My Way
Robin F. Schepper
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 harassment and assaults that echoed obstacles her mother and grandmother had faced. Through it all, Robin searched for her biological father. She felt that if she could understand why he abandoned her, she could free herself from secrets, lies, and shame.
Robin eventually rose to work for the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and, in the meantime, created her own family by adopting two sons from Kazakhstan. Intimate and captivating, Finding My Way follows an ambitious woman who reached the highest pinnacles of a political career while simultaneously fulfilling her own quest to heal from family trauma and discover her true identity.
Duration - 1h 32m.
Author - Robin F. Schepper.
Narrator - Jo Anna Perrin.
Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Robin F. Schepper ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
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 harassment and assaults that echoed obstacles her mother and grandmother had faced. Through it all, Robin searched for her biological father. She felt that if she could understand why he abandoned her, she could free herself from secrets, lies, and shame. Robin eventually rose to work for the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and, in the meantime, created her own family by adopting two sons from Kazakhstan. Intimate and captivating, Finding My Way follows an ambitious woman who reached the highest pinnacles of a political career while simultaneously fulfilling her own quest to heal from family trauma and discover her true identity. Duration - 1h 32m. Author - Robin F. Schepper. Narrator - Jo Anna Perrin. Published Date - Wednesday, 18 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Robin F. Schepper ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:19
Dedication
Duration:00:00:12
Prologue
Duration:00:03:35
Chapter 1
Duration:00:09:45
Chapter 2
Duration:00:02:20
Chapter 3
Duration:00:05:29
Chapter 4
Duration:00:07:03
Chapter 5
Duration:00:05:46
Chapter 6
Duration:00:06:24
Chapter 7
Duration:00:06:22
Chapter 8
Duration:00:18:11
Chapter 9
Duration:00:06:25
Chapter 10
Duration:00:06:59
Chapter 11
Duration:00:11:47
Chapter 12
Duration:00:05:49
Chapter 13
Duration:00:10:54
Chapter 14
Duration:00:05:45
Chapter 15
Duration:00:07:20
Chapter 16
Duration:00:07:41
Chapter 17
Duration:00:16:09
Chapter 18
Duration:00:07:26
Chapter 19
Duration:00:09:26
Chapter 20
Duration:00:03:26
Chapter 21
Duration:00:06:31
Chapter 22
Duration:00:05:04
Chapter 23
Duration:00:04:08
Chapter 24
Duration:00:03:00
Chapter 25
Duration:00:04:34
Chapter 26
Duration:00:09:32
Chapter 27
Duration:00:07:54
Chapter 28
Duration:00:04:39
Chapter 29
Duration:00:01:40
Chapter 30
Duration:00:07:24
Chapter 31
Duration:00:15:41
Chapter 32
Duration:00:18:55
Chapter 33
Duration:00:13:52
Chapter 34
Duration:00:13:26
Chapter 35
Duration:00:04:35
Chapter 36
Duration:00:11:06
Chapter 37
Duration:00:12:25
Chapter 38
Duration:00:04:17
Chapter 39
Duration:00:12:53
Chapter 40
Duration:00:16:12
Chapter 41
Duration:00:09:41
Chapter 42
Duration:00:03:33
Chapter 43
Duration:00:05:47
Chapter 44
Duration:00:08:23
Chapter 45
Duration:00:02:27
Chapter 46
Duration:00:07:09
Chapter 47
Duration:00:03:21
Chapter 48
Duration:00:07:09
Chapter 49
Duration:00:04:53
Chapter 50
Duration:00:17:43
Chapter 51
Duration:00:06:25
Chapter 52
Duration:00:11:28
Chapter 53
Duration:00:07:50
Chapter 54
Duration:00:06:52
Chapter 55
Duration:00:17:50
Chapter 56
Duration:00:19:25
Chapter 57
Duration:00:10:13
Chapter 58
Duration:00:04:56
Chapter 59
Duration:00:00:49
Epilogue
Duration:00:06:01
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:43