{"product_id":"famous-father-girl-a-memoir-of-growing-up-bernstein-9780062641366","title":"Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe intimate memoir of Leonard Bernstein and his family, that helped inspire the new movie \u003cem\u003eMaestro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Unique among classical-music memoirs for its physical intimacy, its humor and tenderness, its ambivalence toward an irrepressible family genius. . . . The existence of this well-written book, with its poignancy and its shuddery detail. . . is a mark of [Jamie Bernstein's] sanity and survival. In telling [her father's] story, she got to write her own.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe oldest daughter of revered composer\/conductor Leonard Bernstein offers a rare look at her father on the centennial of his birth in a deeply intimate and broadly evocative memoir \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe composer of \u003cem\u003eOn the Town\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWest Side Story\u003c\/em\u003e, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of the powerful and influential, and the life of every party, Leonard Bernstein was an enormous celebrity during one of the headiest periods of American cultural life, as well as the most protean musician in twentieth century America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut to his eldest daughter, Jamie, he was above all the man in the scratchy brown bathrobe who smelled of cigarettes; the jokester and compulsive teacher who enthused about Beethoven and the Beatles; the insomniac whose 4 a.m. composing breaks involved spooning baby food out of the jar. He taught his daughter to love the world in all its beauty and complexity. In public and private, Lenny was larger than life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFamous Father Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, Bernstein mines the emotional depths of her childhood and invites us into her family's private world. A fantastic set of characters populates the Bernsteins' lives, including: the Kennedys, Mike Nichols, John Lennon, Richard Avedon, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Robbins, and Betty (Lauren) Bacall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn intoxicating tale, \u003cem\u003eFamous Father Girl\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate meditation on a complex and sometimes troubled man, the family he raised, and the music he composed that became the soundtrack to their entwined lives. Deeply moving and often hilarious, Bernstein's beautifully written memoir is a great American story about one of the greatest Americans of the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernstein, Jamie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJamie Bernstein is a writer, broadcaster, and filmmaker. She travels the world as a concert narrator. Her documentary, \u003cem\u003eCrescendo: The Power of Music\u003c\/em\u003e, is available on Netflix. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598442467602,"sku":"9780062641366","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20ecd6d8-72dc-4bea-aa03-715cfbf556b4.jpg?v=1732184924","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/famous-father-girl-a-memoir-of-growing-up-bernstein-9780062641366","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}