Imagine you wrote a letter to the White House to share your personal struggle and instead of receiving a form letter in return, President Obama cut you a check.
It’s happened, and more than once, according to Washington Post reporter Eli Saslow’s new book “Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President.”




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