The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters by Julie Klam

The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters by Julie Klam

A Washington Post best nonfiction book pick of 2021

"It is biography as an expression of love." - The New York Times

New York Times-bestselling author Julie Klam's funny and moving story of the Morris sisters, distant relations with mysterious pasts.

Ever since she was young, Julie Klam has been fascinated by the Morris sisters, cousins of her grandmother. According to family lore, early in the twentieth century the sisters' parents decided to move the family from Eastern Europe to Los Angeles so their father could become a movie director. On the way, their pregnant mother went into labor in St. Louis, where the baby was born and where their mother died. The father left the children in an orphanage and promised to send for them when he settled in California--a promise he never kept. One of the Morris sisters later became a successful Wall Street trader and advised Franklin Roosevelt. The sisters lived together in New York City, none of them married or had children, and one even had an affair with J. P. Morgan.

The stories of these independent women intrigued Klam, but as she delved into them to learn more, she realized that the tales were almost completely untrue.

The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the revealing account of what Klam discovered about her family--and herself--as she dug into the past. The deeper she went into the lives of the Morris sisters, the slipperier their stories became. And the more questions she had about what actually happened to them, the more her opinion of them evolved.

Part memoir and part confessional, and told with the wit and honesty that are hallmarks of Klam's books, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters is the fascinating and funny true story of one writer's journey into her family's past, the truths she brings to light, and what she learns about herself along the way.

Klam, Julie: - Julie Klam grew up in Bedford, New York. After attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and interning at Late Night with David Letterman, she went on to write for such publications as O, the Oprah Magazine, Rolling Stone, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, and the New York Times Magazine, as well as for VH1's Pop-Up Video, for which she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Class Writing. She married the show's producer, Paul Leo. They live with their daughter and three dogs in Manhattan.

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ISBN 13	9780735216426
ISBN 10	0735216428
Title	The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters
Author	Julie Klam
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2021-08-10
Number of pages	272
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