Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About: A Memoir by Isabel Klee — a warm, funny, and deeply relatable coming-of-age story from the social media star behind @SimonSits.
Isabel Klee always wanted to live in New York City. At twenty she finally made it, moving into a tiny basement apartment and beginning the messy, hopeful work of figuring out who she was. Dog-obsessed since childhood, she found her footing first as an assistant to a pet photographer and then as a foster parent to some of the city’s most challenging shelter dogs.
In this candid memoir, Klee weaves the stories of the dogs who passed through her life — including Simon, the special rescue who became her constant — with the equally complicated stories of dating, friendship, heartbreak, and hard-won self-acceptance in her twenties. The dogs teach her patience, resilience, and what it means to show up for someone who has been through the worst. The people in her life teach her that healing is rarely linear.
Honest about the exhaustion and emotional toll of rescue work as well as the turbulence of young adulthood, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About is ultimately a love letter to the animals (and the people) who help us grow up. Charming, unfussy, and full of heart, it will resonate with anyone who has ever needed a dog to get them through.
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