Behind the Book Special Event
Dadditude Book Reading Benefit
Monday, June 4, 2007

On June 4, Behind the Book benefactors were treated a lively reading from Philip Lerman's just released memoir Dadditude. Brette Popper, BTB's President of the Board of Directors, and husband Paul Spraos, hosted the wine and hors d'oeuvres event in their home.

Author Philip Lerman (center, sitting) with host Brette Popper (far left).
PS 274's Pat Levenson is second from left in the background.

Dadditude, a funny fatherhood memoir that chronicles how a successful high-level media executive became a stay-at-home dad, is the newest venture by author Philip Lerman, a former co-executive producer of America's Most Wanted and former national editor of USA Today.  

Publishers Weekly calls Dadditude a "funny and insightful look at full-time parenthood....[Lerman] captures the many ways fathers work hard at establishing their 'own special relationship' with babies and toddlers, concluding with a beautiful definition of 'Dadditude' as 'being in the moment' and experiencing the 'closeness beyond words and before words' that can be felt between parent and child."

Lerman is also co-author of John Walsh’s book No Mercy, which reached The New York Times paperback bestseller list, as well as Walsh’s latest book, Public Enemies. He co-authored two other non-fiction books: Tracking Tomorrow’s Trends, which analyzed hundreds of surveys to paint a portrait of the American psyche; and Where Have All The Flowers Gone?, which traced the Woodstock generation in the decades after Woodstock, and included definitive interviews with such characters as Abbie Hoffman and Ken Kesey.

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