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The Council of Dads

My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me

A moving, illuminating new work from New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler that touches on life and death, love and fatherhood, and offers inspiration for us all.

Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. He instantly worried what his death might mean for his daughters. “Would they wonder who I was? Would they wonder what I thought? Would they lack for my approval, my discipline, my voice?” Read More
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Read an excerpt from The Council of Dads.

For more information, including tips on setting up your own Council of Moms or Council of Dads, please visit CouncilofDads.com.

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America’s Prophet

Moses and the American Story

In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler reveals how Moses became America’s true founding father. Traveling through touchstones in American history, Feiler traces the biblical prophet’s influence from the Mayflower through today. Feiler visits the island where the pilgrims spent their first Sabbath, climbs the bell tower where the Liberty Bell was inscribed with a quote from Moses, retraces the Underground Railroad where “Go Down, Moses” was the national anthem of slaves, and dons the robe Charlton Heston wore in The Ten Commandments. Read More

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  • Family Matters

    • The Godparent Trap We’ve grown accustomed to London society scandals over the years on everything from money to sex to dental hygiene. (Who can forget the brouhaha over Martin Amis’s pricey new teeth?)
    • Turn Right, My Love I remember the first time I noticed. I was driving to Boston from my home in Brooklyn after an extended trip to California. In Los Angeles, the voice of my brand-new portable navigation device had guided me effortlessly through the maze of freeways and ro

  • From the Blog

    June 19, 2010

    Daddy-bashing is Suddenly Cool! What Should Dads Do?

    Daddy-bashing is suddenly cool. The cover story of the latest Atlantic proclaims “The End of Men: How Women Are Taking Control — of Everything,” while inside the magazine Pamela Paul poses the emasculating question, “Are Fathers Necessary?” Her answer, after sifting through the research: probably not. Social scientists have been unable to prove that dads [...]

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    May 10, 2010

    Time Magazine — “How a Cancer-Stricken Dad Chose a Council of Successors”

    A new article in Time Magazine about “The Council of Dads.”

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    May 3, 2010

    Paging Dr. Gupta! See Sanjay’s Special on THE COUNCIL OF DADS

    Here is Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s extraordinarily moving special about me, my cancer, and THE COUNCIL OF DADS. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll not believe what was in my leg or that I’m riding a bike again.
    CNN Presents: DADS FOR MY DAUGHTERS.
    The special will air in its one-hour form on [...]

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    April 25, 2010

    6 Good Men: The Council of Dads Adds a New Twist to Friendship

    From the New York Daily News.
    Bruce Feiler’s twin daughters, Eden and Tybee, were 3 when he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in 2008. Just days afterward, the best-selling Brooklyn author came up with the idea of asking six friends to look out for his daughters should he not survive. Feiler’s moving [...]

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    The Council of Dads is now a New York Times bestseller!! My fifth in a row. Thank you for all your support.

    Watch my brand-new talk about THE COUNCIL OF DADS!  It lasts just under 18 minutes.

    My wife and I appeared on “The Today Show” to talk about THE COUNCIL OF DADS with Matt Lauer.  Check it out here.

    Join the movement! Lots more info, including tips for creating your own Council of Moms or Dads, on our new site, councilofdads.com. Come visit!