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

來自 @SimonSits 背後的社交媒體巨星伊莎貝爾·克萊（Isabel Klee）——她以溫暖人心的狗狗救援故事聞名——帶來了一部絕對吸引人的回憶錄，講述一名二十多歲的女性在紐約市尋找真愛的故事，以及那些幫助她找到真愛的狗狗們。

作為土生土長的紐澤西女孩，伊莎貝爾一直想住在紐約市。20 歲那年，她得到了機會，放棄了紐約上學的大學，搬進曼哈頓一間破舊的地下室公寓。自幼便對狗痴迷的她，畢業後的第一份工作是擔任狗狗攝影師的助理，接著有些東西到位了：專注於幫助狗狗的職業成了她的新夢想。

伊莎貝爾很快發現了自己對康復救難犬並幫助牠們被領養的熱情。與此同時，她陷入了友誼、派對、善變的男朋友和宏大浪漫愛情的旋渦中，她在誠實、溫柔、有時甚至令人心碎的章節中敘述了這些關於尋找愛與歸屬感的經歷。

然而，伊莎貝爾的第一份真愛是西蒙（Simon），一隻從肉類交易中被救出的毛茸茸小狗。當二十多歲的高潮與低谷一波波襲來時，是西蒙讓伊莎貝爾保持腳踏實地。伊莎貝爾和西蒙一起建立了一個愛狗人士社群，以及一群追求夢想的緊密朋友。

在這部誠實且動人的回憶錄中，伊莎貝爾將她代養犬的故事——以及她幫助牠們克服的挑戰——與紐約市複雜關係、艱難決定和偉大愛情的故事編織在一起，最終不僅為救難犬，也為伊莎貝爾自己帶來了幸福的結局。

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.