Isabel Klee "Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About" in Conversation

Schedule

Thu May 07 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey) | Chicago, IL

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Isabel Klee will be at Everybody's Coffee to discuss her new memoir. A portion of ticket sales will be donated to Chicago Canine Rescue.
About this Event

Join The Book Cellar at Everybody's Coffee to celebrate the release of Isabel Klee's debut memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About! Conversation partner to be announced.

A portion of ticket sales will be donated to Chicago Canine Rescue. Ticket includes admission and a signed copy of the book.


About the Book:
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.


About Isabel Klee:
Isabel Klee is a writer and content creator. She documents her experiences rehabilitating dogs on social media through her writing and storytelling. She lives in Brooklyn with her fiancé, Jacob, her dog, Simon, and a rotating cast of foster dogs.

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Everybody's Coffee (Wilson Abbey), 935 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, United States

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