Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About

From the social media superstar behind @SimonSits, Isabel Klee—known for her heartwarming tales of dog rescue—comes an utterly winning memoir about a twentysomething woman’s search for true love in New York City and how the four-legged matches that she fostered helped her find her two-legged match.

A Jersey girl by birth, Isabel Klee had always wanted to live in New York City. At age 20, she got her chance, ditching college in upstate New York for Marymount Manhattan, moving into a tiny basement apartment on the Upper East Side with new roommates. Dog-obsessed since childhood, her first post-college job was developing the mega-popular account The Dogist, run by a New York Times bestselling author and dog photographer who tells the stories of dogs through photos. Isabel was the first employee and became the director of content, flying around the world to meet dogs. It was a dog-lover’s dream come true.

Isabel quickly became hooked on using social media to help rescue dogs find their forever homes. At the same time she was caught up in a whirlwind of romance, parties, bad boys and good guys, which she recounts in honest, heartwarming, and sometimes devastating chapters about the search for love and belonging.

Isabel’s first true love, though, was Simon, a fluffy puppy who’d been rescued from the Asian meat trade. Simon won her heart, and put them on the path to social media stardom when she began documenting their adventures on SimonSits.

In this adorable and moving memoir, Isabel weaves the stories of her foster dogs and their challenges with the stories of good dates and bad dates in New York City, all leading to a happy ending not only for the rescue pups, but for Isabel herself.