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

Author: Emily Dean

Narrator: Emily Dean

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2019


Synopsis

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.

(P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Emily Dean

Emily Dean is a writer and radio presenter. She is Frank Skinner's co-host on the award-winning Frank Skinner Show (Absolute Radio) and currently presents a hugely successful podcast for The Times called Walking the Dog. She spent eight years as Deputy Editor of InStyle magazine and has written for titles such as The Times, the Evening Standard and You magazine. She lives in London, supports Arsenal and her career highlight was when Mark Gatiss called her 'sci-fi royalty' due to her childhood role in BBC cult series Day of the Triffids.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on May 04, 2019

This is my kind of book.... the title tells the story, as Emily says herself at the beginning of the book, but the story behind it is funny, sad, honest, moving and ultimately uplifting. Emily writes incredibly well and with such great humour all the way through. She explains how she struggles in su......more

Goodreads review by Sara on March 18, 2019

Gorgeous.......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on April 07, 2020

Preferred the stronger first part from when Dean is a child in the 1980s up to when her sister dies. The momentum droops in the later parts: the last third of the book is a bit weaker. Very enjoyable on the whole though.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on September 06, 2022

Can Mimi stop recommending books that make me cry? Was looking for something that I wouldn’t be able to put down, and this was just that. So well written and such a moving story, with moments of fun and hope alongside the sadness. Be prepared to cry…......more