Promises I Made My Mother

In this inspiring memoir full of touching stories and amusing anecdotes, Haskell reveals how he kept his pledge to his mother to live a decent life?even in the shark-infested waters of Hollywood, where he handled the hottest stars and packaged the highest-rated shows?by refusing to become the clich? of an amoral agent. Here is Haskell as a child in Amory, Mississippi (pop. 7,000), discovering the power of hope as he waits for an unlikely visit from the ?Cheer Man? (a representative of the detergent company who gave ten dollars to anyone using the brand), learning humility after pursuing an eighth-grade ?Good Citizenship? award he cockily assumed he?d win, confronting the complications of human character when a near-fatal car crash exposed his judgmental father?s true nature.