A series of comic epistolary pieces in which a spirited young woman writes to her mother about her work as secretary to a public spokesman and her life amid political society. In episodic letters she details backstage moments, social dinners, office irritations, brief romances, petty scandals and workplace gossip, using colloquial humor and plainspoken observations. The collection contrasts public rhetoric with private maneuvering, maps the practical and absurd aspects of institutional life, and emphasizes a candid, domestic perspective on the theatrical routines of politics and publicity.