Jamie Bernstein Reflects on ‘Exuberant’ Father
By Marissa Stern - Jewish Exponent
June 27, 2018
When children grow up with famous parents, inquiring minds often want to know: What was it like to grow up with [insert celebrity here]?
Jamie Bernstein has been asked this question a fair amount about her famous composer father, Leonard Bernstein, so she decided to give it a “long and juicier answer” by writing a memoir.
She discussed her new book, Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein, at a talk at the Free Library on June 20 with The Philadelphia Inquirer’s classical music critic and culture writer Peter Dobrin.
“I had a story no one else could tell,” she said in a deep, soothing voice to a moderately full auditorium of Bernstein — both Jamie and Leonard — enthusiasts.