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julie klam home video news and reviews events other writing bio contact books by julie klam the almost legendary morris sisters the stars in our eyes friendkeeping love at first bark you had me at woof please excuse my daughter menu julie klam home video news and reviews events other writing bio contact books by julie klam the almost legendary morris sisters the stars in our eyes friendkeeping love at first bark you had me at woof please excuse my daughter out now this is the american i want to see the one where four orphaned immigrant sisters can transform themselves into chain smoking millionaires julie klam s trademark wit and generosity make this family history a balm for the soul mira jacob author good talk order from books are magic shakespeare and company bookshop org amazon barnes and noble books a million i books about the almost legendary morris sisters 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 in a world where more and more people think a dna test will solve all their family mysteries julie klam reminds us that investigating our personal myths takes resourcefulness curiosity and yes bravery because as she deconstructs the legends about the morris sisters klam also has to challenge the legends she has manufactured for herself a moving insightful family detective story that will leave readers wondering if they dare to examine their own lives and the stories on which they rest laura lippman new york times bestselling author of lady in the lake julie klam opens the vault of her family history to tell the stories of four amazing women the morris sisters lived with pluck passion and vision at a time when women were encouraged to live lives of quiet desperation in learning about them julie acquired new perspectives on work family and love this is a life changing primer for those looking to live out loud adriana trigiani bestselling author of the shoemaker s wife within the first few pages of julie klam s memoir i too became obsessed with the mysterious morris sisters and thrilled at every new insight into their fiercely nonconformist lives klam is a witty and engaging guide following the trail from a small romanian town to an orphanage in st louis to a bohemian townhouse in the west village part history part confessional and wholly entertaining the almost legendary morris sisters explores the nature of mythology and how unanswered questions leave an indelible mark on our lives abbott kahler author as karen abbott of the ghosts of eden park