Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried about: A Memoir

By Isabel Klee

Book Overview

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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 the dogs who helped her find it.

A Jersey girl by birth, Isabel Klee had always wanted to live in New York City. At age 20, she got her chance, ditching her college upstate and moving into a grungy basement apartment in Manhattan. Dog-obsessed since childhood, her first post-grad job was becoming an assistant to a dog photographer, and something clicked into place: a career focused on helping dogs was the new dream.
Isabel quickly found a passion for rehabilitating rescue dogs and helping them get adopted. At the same time, she was caught up in a whirlwind of friendships, parties, fickle boyfriends and grand romances, which she recounts in honest, tender, 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 saved from the meat trade. As the highs and lows of her twenties hit Isabel in wave after wave, it was Simon who kept her grounded. Together, Isabel and Simon created a community of dog-lovers and a tight-knit group of friends pursuing their dreams.
In this honest and moving memoir, Isabel weaves together the stories of her foster dogs--and the challenges she helped them overcome--with tales of complicated relationships, hard decisions, and great loves in New York City, all leading to a happy ending not only for the rescue pups, but for Isabel herself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0063451077
• ISBN13: 9780063451070
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

If you have a canine bestie this is a must read!

Dogs , Boys , and Other Things I’ve Cried About is a great tribute to those who love their dogs deeply and have their way through life with that dog by their side. Isabel writes in such a way that she reaches down into your soul and you can feel how those attachments to every dog she has fostered have had an impact on her and her life, not to mention the dogs she has saved. But the hero with her is Simon, her beloved canine. It’s a love letter to us all who cherish our dogs! A must read.