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"Poetic,
wise, enchanting yet real, Robert Michael Morris'
AN AMERICAN SCRAPBOOK inspires on every level. The
approach is totally original. Inspired by photographs
of a bygone era, Morris wrote the stories behind the
faces, weaving a tale of wonder and surprise you won't
soon forget. This will appeal to readers everywhere,
it's pure Americana with a twist. This will be my gift
book of the year." —Adriana Trigiani,
New York Times best-selling author of Big Stone Gap and Lucia, Lucia
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...Her will was read in the public square—
a strange request the catty ones thought
in keeping with her kind of person,
but Notary Allgood said it was legal.
Everyone showed up, of course.
Annabelle left all her money to the
Wayside Foundling Home
(several of whose members were supplied by
the girls that worked for Belle – she
believed
in life and wouldn’t let the babies
be
“interrupted”.
To the mayor, Tom Peters, she left one set
of bed linen in memory of…
And the banker, old Cyrus Franks, the bedspread
he admired so much..
And on and on she left her linens
until each man in the town had received his
bequest.
Not a few eyebrows were raised when the pastor
was left Belle’s well worn bible – though
no one
would admit it, their hearts turned cold
at
some hidden and vicious implication.
Now all that is left are a few
fading prints of smilingly-haunted
Annabelle Watkins.
excerpt from the poem Annabelle Watkins
from An American Scrapbook by Robert Michael
Morris
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Robert
Michael Morris has done
summer stock (Kenley Players, Apple Hill Playhouse),
musical theatre (Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera), community
and academic theatre (Erie, PA, Washington, D.C.); television
(Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., New York, Los Angles),
and movies (Washington, D.C., New York). He received
national recognition for his on-target portrayal as Mickey
in The Comeback with Lisa Kudrow on HBO.
Additional TV roles soon followed on Arrested Development, Will & Grace, How
I Met Your Mother, The Class and Brothers and Sisters. He has also written over
fifty five plays for the stage and two sitcom pilots. He has been honored with
awards and productions of his plays across the U.S. |
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