Then the Phone Rang

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(43 55 62 1)>2026 Recipient of Readers' Favorite 5-Star Review</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Then the Phone Rang</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> tells the story of a woman whose life initially lacking direction has been shaped by a series of unpredictable events since her early twenties.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Sandy Pearl started her career in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles fetching coffee and answering phones. Over the next twenty-three years she worked her way up to doing publicity for Atlantic Records and various aspects of production in television film and commercials culminating in a successful career as a producer of national television commercials-no knee pads were involved. On her journey she met many famous and colorful characters who populated her world and formed relationships within and outside the industry-some good others not so much.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This collection of real-life experiences blends light-hearted anecdotes dark drama tales of misadventure riveting stories and entertaining vignettes with a twist of humor woven throughout. When the phone rings you never know what it will bring.</span></p>