Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog: 'Will make you laugh, cry and stroke your dog (or any dog)' ―Sarah Millican

'A wonderful and very special book' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt 'Heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time! Genuinely couldn't put it down' Alan Carr 'Like a master class in memoir writing. Honest, perceptive and properly funny' Neil Gaiman 'LOVELY. Sad and funny and warm and DOGS' Marian Keyes 'Funny, sparklingly honest and heart-breaking' Bel Mooney, Daily Mail The funny, heart-breaking, wonderfully told story of love, family and overwhelming loss which led Emily Dean to find hope and healing in the dog she always wanted. Emily shared the lively chaos with her beloved older sister Rachael, her rock. Over the years the sisters bond grew ever closer. As Rachael went on to have the cosy family and treasured dog, Giggle, Emily threw herself into unsettled adventure - dog ownership remaining a distant dream. This is the funny heart-breaking, wonderfully told story of how Emily discovers that it is possible to overcome the worst that life can throw at you, that it's never too late to make peace with your past, and that the right time is only ever now, as she finally starts again with her very own dog - the adorable Shih-tzu named Raymond. **As featured on BBC2's Between the Covers** 'Glamorous. Heart-breaking. Hilarious. Feminist. Life-changing' Katherine Ryan 'I loved this book so much. It's hard to overpraise. So funny and so sad and so hopeful' Neil Gaiman 'A wonderful and very special book' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt 'Funny, sparklingly honest and heart-breaking' Bel Mooney, Daily Mail 'Heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time! Genuinely couldn't put it down' Alan Carr 'Incredibly moving, always funny and brilliantly written. I urge everyone to read it' Frank Skinner 'LOVELY. Sad and funny and warm and DOGS' Marian Keyes 'Very beautiful and poignant . . . it'll make you laugh and cry in equal measure' Giles Paley-Phillips 'I read it in one sitting - it's so blinking good' Lorraine Kelly 'A book that will leave you smiling but with a lump in your throat' Mail on Sunday, '100 Hottest Summer Books 2019' * * * The funny, heart-breaking, wonderfully told story of love, family and overwhelming loss which led Emily Dean to find hope and healing in the dog she always wanted. Growing up with the Deans was a fabulous training ground for many things: ignoring unpaid bills, being the most entertaining guest at dinner, deconstructing poetry. It was never home for the dog Emily craved. Emily shared the lively chaos with her beloved older sister Rachael, her rock. Over the years the sisters bond grew ever closer. As Rachael went on to have the cosy family and treasured dog, Giggle, Emily threw herself into unsettled adventure - dog ownership remaining a distant dream. Then, tragically, Rachael is diagnosed with cancer. In just three devastating years Emily loses not only her sister but both her parents as well. This is the funny heart-breaking, wonderfully told story of how Emily discovers that it is possible to overcome the worst that life can throw at you, that it's never too late to make peace with your past, and that the right time is only ever now, as she finally starts again with her very own dog - the adorable Shih-tzu named Raymond. The tragicomic story of writer, podcaster, radio presenter Emily Dean's lifelong dream of owning a dog - and what it took to make it come true. Emily Dean had a mad, bohemian childhood growing up with her actor mother and broadcaster father in a rented Gothic folly wreathed in cigarette smoke where final demand invoices were coasters for champagne flutes and the Sex Pistols filmed in her room upstairs. She craved a dog - and a normal life. But it wasn't until the tragic death of her sister Rachael, at only 43 - and the help of Rachael's dog Giggle - that Emily began to believe that she really could have a dog of her own. Losing both her parents within three short years of her sister left Emily devastated. Emerging from grief, she finally granted herself the lifelong wish of owning a puppy - an adorable shih tzu called Ray. A memoir of loss and grief, Everyone Died, So I Got a Dog is also about discovering laughter, hope and healing in the smallest of places Growing up with the Deans was a fabulous training ground for many things: ignoring unpaid bills, being the most entertaining guest at dinner and deconstructing poetry. It was never home for the dog Emily craved. Shared the lively chaos with her beloved older sister Rachael, her rock, through the years the sisters bond grew closer. As Rachael went on to have a cosy family and treasured dog, Emily threw herself into unsettled adventure - dog ownership remaining a distant dream. Then, tragically, Rachael was diagnosed with cancer. In just three devastating years Emily lost not only her sister, but both her parents as well. This is a story of how Emily discovers that it is possible to overcome the worst that life can throw at you, that it's never too late to make peace with your past and that the right time is only ever now, as she finally starts again with her very own dog