You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness
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You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness

Paperback – October 4, 2011

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Price
$15.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
226
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1594485411
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.65 x 8.26 inches
Weight
1 pounds

Description

Julie Klam grew up in Bedford, New York. After attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and interning at Late Night with David Letterman , she went on to write for such publications as O, The Oprah Magazine, Rolling Stone, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour , and The New York Times Magazine and for the VH1 television show Pop-Up Video , where she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Class Writing. She married the show's producer, Paul Leo. They live with their daughter and three dogs in Manhattan.

Features & Highlights

  • Look out for Julie's new book,
  • The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters
  • .
  • The secrets of love, health, and happiness gleaned from a life lived with dogs.
  • Julie Klam was thirty, single, and working as a part-time clerk in an insurance company, unable to meet a man she could spend her life with. And then it happened: she had a dream about a Boston terrier- a dream that practically hit her over the head. The companion she needed was not necessarily the one she'd had in mind.
  • As fate would have it, a dog is exactly the thing that she needed. The
  • New York Times
  • bestselling
  • You Had Me at Woof
  • is the often-hilarious and always charming story of one woman's discovery of all she really needed to learn about life through her relationships with her canine companions. Klam shares how her love for dogs and the lessons she's learned caring for them has shaped her heart. This is a funny, earnest, and emotionally compelling look at the surprises, pleasures, and revelations that happen when you let any mutt, beagle, terrier, or bulldog go charging through your world.

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A must have for any Boston terrier lover!

The best, I laughed and cried out loud. This book inspired me to consider being a foster to Boston Terriers and actually explained really well the other ways you can help other than actually taking in another dog into your home ..something I had never considered. I absolutely loved the way she described each dog and how in some huge karmic way fitted into her life perfectly. It's not without tradgedy so be ready! But as in everything in life ups and downs. I have an 11 year old Boston terrier named " Vegas" and she has been with me in some of the hardest times in my life and I truly believe God picked her for me. I am grateful for the book, my parents also owners of Boston Terriers gave it to me and I'm so glad they did. Great for any dog lover but especially for those of Boston terrier owners!
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Five Stars

Awesome book!
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Five Stars

Loved these beautiful stories
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Five Stars

Excellent! Kept my interest throughout
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Puppy love!

This was a nice quick read with a lot of humor and heart. Quite enjoyable!
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For a true dog lover

I would recommend this book to anyone who loves dogs or animals in general. I laughed and cried throughout this book and took away some life lessons.
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Five Stars

Loved this book so much, I couldn't wait to get back to it whenever I had to leave it.
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Loved it! A must read!

I absolutely loved this book! I actually am a pug owner, but I loved learning what it was like to be a foster person for dogs. This book made me laugh out loud hysterically and at other moments made me weep so much that I wasn't sure I could go on reading! I loved the book so much ... Julie Klam ,must be a wonderful individual to help so many dogs.
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crying wife.

My wife loved it so much - she was balling through most of it. She gets attached to our dogs.
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From a Rescue perspective...what we do everyday

I never seem to have the time to read a book, much less finish one. I had to travel this past weekend and picked up this book at the airport.. I finished the entire thing. Myself and a friend started an all-breed rescue nearly three years ago and we are now the largest volunteer rescue in the southeast US. The stories she shares of her experiences is what we in rescue go through daily so to have someone write about it with a sense of humor is refreshing. I laughed out loud..and cried.. That also is part of everyday in rescue.. I am recommending this book to all of our rescue group.
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