One morning, you wake and wonder what has happened to your life. Soon, you realise: you happened to yourself.

Kate is a middle-aged woman trying to bring order to a life sliding off course. When she adopts a lurcher called Wolfy, the shabby rescue dog saves her from herself. When he disappears, Kate must search London’s streets to find him. Can she save him as he saved her, or will she lose everything?

She calls his name endlessly, clinging to the hope he will appear. Along the way, she meets psychics, bloggers and mysterious midnight joggers. Searching for Wolfy pushes her relationship, and her sanity, to the limit. It also forces her to confront her own life and the choices that led her here.

Lost Dog is a brilliant, life-affirming memoir about love, loss and the myth of modern womanhood.

Format: Paperback

About the Author

Kate Spicer is a proud Wild at Heart Foundation ambassador. Born in London, she grew up moving between many towns as the daughter of an NHS surgeon. She studied Philosophy at King’s College, London.

She is a British journalist for The Sunday Times and a documentary maker, known for Mission to Lars, Ugly Truth About Beauty and Superskinny: The Race to Size 0. Her work covers lifestyle and culture with insight, humour and honesty.

In January, a scruffy lurcher named Wolfy sloped into her life. He became her muse, transforming her from journalist to author. Lost Dog: A Love Story was published on April 4 2019 and in paperback on January 30 2020.