<p>Millions tune in almost every weekday to watch one of the 260 original one-hour episodes of <em>Days of our Lives </em>produced each year. What few know though is that the show started as the dream of one family, the Corday family, who still own and run the show to this day.</p> <p> <em>The Days of our Lives </em>is the first insider account of the true history behind one of our most beloved soap operas. It is about the family that believed in it, conceived it, and sometimes seemed to live it along with millions of viewers, as they struggled to emerge from nowhere to create and sell one of the most successful and enduring TV shows in history.</p> <p>Fans will for the first time discover the true stories that drove the fictional ones they loved on TV, a story of living a dream and raising a family while all around you, even fate, seem to conspire against you.</p>