Julie Klam

***** UPDATED! ***** Julie Klam, dog lover and author will be joining us for an evening of fun and insight. We encourage you to bring your well-behaved dogs to this event! Julie will give a short talk and Q&A and sign books afterwards. The bestselling memoirist shows how saving a dog can sometimes ... (more)help you save yourself. Julie Klam writes about dogs with a rollicking wit and a radiating warmth-as no other writer can. In her bestselling memoir You Had Me at Woof, she shared the secrets of happiness she learned as an occasionally frazzled but always devoted owner of Boston terriers. Now, with the same enchanting, pop culture-infused amalgam of humor and poignancy that reached the The New York Times and the Today show and won the hearts of readers across the country, she returns with more humorous insight into life with canine companions. Klam focuses here on dog rescue, and its healing power not only for the dogs who are cared for and able to find good homes, but also for the people who bond with these animals. Klam became involved with rescue after years as an owner of purebred dogs. She was looking for a way to help and participate in a community, but she never imagined just how much she would receive in return. The dogs she has rescued through the years have filled her life with laughter and contentment, sorrow and frustration, and they have made certain that she never has a dull moment. Along the way, she has collected stories from friends who have also found that guiding dogs to nurturing homes made their own lives richer. These experiences, which show us that even in our smallest gestures we can make a big difference, inspired Love at First Bark.

Julie Klam (Please Excuse My Daughter) reads from her hilarious and heartwarming memoir about how a long line of Boston terriers taught her the secrets of love, health, and happiness. A must read for any dog lover.

JULIE KLAM talks about Please Excuse My Daughter, her memoir describing her indulged youth (her mother wrote excuse notes for her school absences by explaining the two had gone shopping at Bloomingdale’s) and her late arrival into responsible adulthood