<![CDATA[Dinner with Dad: How I Found My Way Back to the Family Table]]>

false <![CDATA[Dinner with Dad: How I Found My Way Back to the Family Table]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179461400m/920329.jpg 920329 2 “Our kitchen is small, the appliances dated. We don’t have a fancy six-burner stove or double wall oven like some of our wealthier neighbors. But as I remove the second pizza from the oven, the kitchen feels perfect: neither too big nor too small, neither too old nor too new. The kind of kitchen where my brother can enter carrying both my son and my daughter in his arms.” –from Dinner with Dad A beautiful, intelligent wife, two bright children, a gorgeous home in a nice Connecticut suburb, an ample income as a successful lawyer: by all accounts, Cameron Stracher is living the American dream. Problem is, thanks to a crazybusy work schedule, he’s never home to enjoy it. Most nights Cameron grabs dinner on the run, eating on the late train home long after his wife and kids have finished their meal. So one day Cameron commits himself to a revolutionary experiment: For the next year, he’ll be home by six o’clock at least five days a week to sit down to a real family dinner–and he’ll even help cook that dinner himself. “Instead of stuffing a taco into my mouth in the back of the train, I will sauté chicken and peppers for my own fajitas. Instead of dining alone, I will dine with my family. Instead of Absent Dad, I will be Nourishing Dad.” But as this daring adventure gets under way, it becomes clear that the road to culinary togetherness is no cakewalk. Six-year-old Lulu eats only plain pasta with salt and nine-year-old Simon clings immovably to hot dogs. What’s more, Cameron begins to feel that his normally sympathetic wife, Christine, is growing tired of having him underfoot at unexpected hours. Only the author’s faith in another American dream–family closeness at the dinner table–keeps him moving, and as he shops, chops, and cooks, he ponders the high percentage of Americans who’d rather work than be with their families, who’d rather take conference calls than meet the school bus. Fired with love and humor, wit and heart, and peppered with engaging social and cultural history, Dinner with Dad is a four-star, five-course celebration of family life. Millions of overextended parents will relate to and relish Cameron’s journey as he discovers what truly matters most. Advance praise for Dinner with Dad: “Dinner with Dad is for every spouse who’s ever crashed on the rocks of the suburban dream and for every parent who’s had his heart broken by a child’s turned-up nose. Stracher writes with humor and honesty about the pitfalls and triumphs of trying to have your family and eat with them, too.” –Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia “Busy fathers everywhere will immediately identify with this book, and hopefully will heed its message. Well done, Cameron–someone needed to write this book. Now dads everywhere need to read it.” –Mike Greenberg, author of Why My Wife Thinks I’m an Idiot “A warm-hearted, loving, and funny look at the way we live now. Can a dad get home for dinner, cook it, and live to tell the tale? Stracher’s story gives hope to the hungry and cheer to the overemployed.” –Harlan Coben, author of The Woods 905363 22 5 2007 Dinner with Dad: How I Found My Way Back to the Family Table total:32|5:3|4:9|3:14|2:5|1:1| 32 104 54 12 4 0 false false Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 09:29:12 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 07:22:39 -0700 2008 Dinner With Dad the author decides to cut back on his 80+ hour-a-week work schedule to actually be home for dinner with his family 5 nights a week and cook for at least 2 of those nights. He struggles with working less and worrying about providing monetarily for his family, with picky kids and w...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 25 21:08:36 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 21:10:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 22 11:04:01 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 18:43:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jan 21 07:37:56 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 07:38:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 17:33:37 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 10:25:46 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 15:23:01 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 15:13:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 17 05:35:20 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 05:40:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 16:47:34 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 16:49:15 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 21:17:20 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 10:30:37 -0800 2007 living that life with those you love. 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