Melania and Me

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What Melania wants,Melania gets. The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met GalasStephanie Winston Wolkoff met Melania Knauss in 2003 and had a front row seat to the transformation of Donald TrumpΓÇÖs then girlfriend from a rough-cut gem to a precious diamond. As their friendship deepened over lunches at Manhattan hot spotsblack-tie partiesand giggle sessions in the penthouse at Trump TowerWolkoff watched the newest Mrs. Trump raise her sonBarronand manage her highly scrutinized marriage. After Trump won the 2016 electionWolkoff was recruited to help produce the 58th Presidential Inaugu\u00adration and to become the First LadyΓÇÖs trusted advisor. Melania put Wolkoff in charge of hiring her stafforganizing her eventshelping her write speechesand creating her debut initiatives. Then it all fell apart when she was made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities. Melania could have defended her innocent friend and confidantbut she stood by her manknowing full well who was really to blame. The betrayal nearly destroyed Wolkoff. In this candid and emotional memoirStephanie Winston Wolkoff takes you into Trump Tower and the White House to tell the funnythrillingand heartbreaking story of her intimate friendship with one of the most famous women in the worlda woman few people truly understand. How did Melania react to the Access Hollywood tape and her husbandΓÇÖs affair with Stormy Daniels? Does she get along well with Ivanka? Why did she wear that jacket with ΓÇ£I really donΓÇÖt caredo u?ΓÇ¥ printed on the back? Is Melania happy being First Lady? And what really happened with the inaugurationΓÇÖs funding of $107 million? Wolkoff has some ideas…