{"product_id":"if-there-were-no-dogs-musings-and-mutterings","title":"If There Were No Dogs: Musings and Mutterings","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Audiobook\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a collection of prose pieces and poems by actress Louise Sorel drawn from her life, childhood, and career. Her father was a Hollywood movie producer and her Egyptian-born mother an actress and musician. Louise Sorel began her career on Broadway with actors such as Art Carney, Charles Boyer, and Rita Moreno, and toured with George C. Scott, Walter Pidgeon, and many others. She guest-starred in dozens of TV shows and movies such as Bonanza, Route 66, Kojak, Medical Center, The Flying Nun, Airplane 2, Plaza Suite, Star Trek, and many others. She appeared as Augusta Lockridge on the show Santa Barbara, and has starred as the iconic character Vivian Allemain on the show Days of Our Lives for many years. Louise's life and adventures from which this book comes have been motivated by her love of the theater, her devotion to dogs and other animals, and her many travels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Louise Sorel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Louise Sorel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/strong\u003e 06:15:12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781971980164\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouise Sorel's father was a Hollywood movie producer and her Egyptian-born mother an actress and musician. She attended Hollywood High School where she studied theater. She was assigned by her drama teacher the challenge of the role of Medea. Ironically and happily, she later became close friends with Dame Judith Anderson, the iconic Medea of the theater world. Louise Sorel began her career on Broadway with actors such as Art Carney, Charles Boyer, and Rita Moreno, and toured with George C. Scott, Walter Pidgeon, and many others. She guest-starred in dozens of TV shows and movies such as Bonanza, Route 66, Kojak, Medical Center, The Flying Nun, Airplane 2, Plaza Suite, Star Trek, and many others. She appeared as Augusta Lockridge on the show Santa Barbara, and has starred as the iconic character Vivian Allemain on the show Days of Our Lives for many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have been a friend of Louise's for a long while and am one of the people who encouraged her to publish this book. Having just finished it, I am thrilled by her work. It is such a beautiful window into her heart and all that she cares about. It is endearing, charming, intelligent, observant, celebratory, rebellious, artful, eclectic, poetic and whimsical.\n\nIt is a gift to experience her remarkable life in print. If you have been a fan of hers through her varied career or simply her popularity on Days of Our Lives where, for decades, she played one of the most infamous villains on American television, you will want to read this so that you can be introduced to the real Louise and experience her talent in different clothes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfooter\u003e— 5 out of 5 stars\u003c\/footer\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is probably the best book I've ever read!!! No really. Louise Sorel is a wonderful writer... warm, wise but the power, the passion, the poignancy of her words is a gift you must give yourself.It is unique. It is sometimes painful...but you will be torn to want to keep reading or to stop and savor it over a longer time. Wow!!!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfooter\u003e— Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2025\u003c\/footer\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"LINDIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48084498645143,"sku":"9781971980164","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/9540\/8023\/files\/9781971980164.jpg?v=1785251081","url":"https:\/\/lindie.net\/products\/if-there-were-no-dogs-musings-and-mutterings","provider":"Lantern Indie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}