A Breath of Springtime

About the Book

The author, Helen M. Morris, was raised in a thriving ethnic neighborhood of northeast Philadelphia, PA. In this autobiography published in her 94th year, she shares her tales of childhood, family, school, romance, marriage and faith with love, understanding and humor. The story is sprinkled with her poetry, verses which seem to appear for every occasion. It is a personal history, but much shared by many of today´s "greatest generation". Many additional poems, spanning nearly ninety years of inspiration, are included following the text. We may find ourselves figuratively bumping into the author as she walks the streets of every decade of the twentieth century, and beyond.

About the Author

HELEN MORRIS tells the story of her life, spanning every decade of the twentieth century, and more. Born Helen Martha Specketer in 1909, she grew up in a thriving business section of northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She married David Morris of Collingdale, PA in 1931, and now has two sons, nine grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. Her parallel careers as writer, homemaker, and secretary often overlapped. Expressed in hundreds of poems, her sunny disposition and faith have earned her nom-de-plume, "Abretha Springtime". In 2002, she lives in Denver, NC, and is still writing.