Julia Klam delved into her own past to write The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters, which turned out to be a memoir of sorts as she uncovered the truth about her distant cousins' life stories. For years, Klam and the rest of her family were told about the Morris sisters, a quartet of young girls who were abandoned at an orphanage while their father went to California in hopes of becoming a director. According to family lore, the girls grew up and became successful women — but the truth is far more complicated.