before practicing law for more than a decade. Davies, who has a doctorate in history from UC Berkeley, previously clerked for a federal judge in L.A. The Residence will be produced in-house at Netflix via Shondaland’s overall deal as well as the multiple-year pact Davies has with the streamer. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion.” Here’s the official logline for The Residence, per Netflix: “132 rooms. From the housekeeper and engineer who fell in love while serving President Reagan to Jackie Kennedy's private moment of grief with a beloved staffer after her husband's assassination to the tumultuous days surrounding President Nixon's resignation and President Clinton's impeachment battle, The Residence is full of surprising and moving details that illuminate day-to-day life at the White House.AMC's Co-Heads of Scripted Exit for Netflix She reveals the intimacy between the First Family and the people who serve them, as well as tension that has shaken the staff over the decades. Over the course of the day, they gather in the lower level's basement kitchen to share stories, trade secrets, forge lifelong friendships, and sometimes even fall in love.Ĭombining incredible first-person anecdotes from extensive interviews with scores of White House staff members-many speaking for the first time-with archival research, Kate Andersen Brower tells their story. These dedicated professionals maintain the six-floor mansion's 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, three elevators, and eight staircases, and prepare everything from hors d'oeuvres for intimate gatherings to meals served at elaborate state dinners. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, The Residence reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers, and others who tend to the needs of the President and First Family.

In her runaway bestseller, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower pulls back the curtain on the world's most famous address.

No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day.

it's Downton Abbey for the White House staff.'- The Today ShowĪ remarkable history with elements of both In the President's Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas.Īmerica's First Families are unknowable in many ways. 'A revealing look at life inside the White House.

The Residence by Kate Andersen Brower