Melissa Wareham always wanted to work with dogs. After failing her biology O-level she realised shed have to start at the bottom, cleaning out kennels at Battersea Dogs Home. From frail old men looking for a four-legged companion to famous folk whove lost their favourite hound, it seemed that at some point everyone passes through Batterseas doors. Amongst the clamour of Melissa Wareham always wanted to work with dogs. After failing her biology O-level she realised shed have to start at the bottom, cleaning out kennels at Battersea Dogs Home. From frail old men looking for a four-legged companion to famous folk whove lost their favourite hound, it seemed that at some point everyone passes through Batterseas doors. Amongst the clamour of thousands of lost pets crying Rescue Me! and the noise of the railway lines above, Melissa found she had come home. The first dog Melissa fell for was Tulip, a sweet, elderly and somewhat dotty mongrel who decided a solo bus ride into the West End might be fun. Next up was Roscoe: found by the ambulance team with his dead owner, he is rehabilitated with a little help from his masters hat. And then - many, many dogs later - there is Gus. With his owner in jail, Melissa finally finds the dog she is to take home as her own. Heart-warming and compulsively readable, Rescue Me is Melissas memoir of her fifteen years at Britains most-loved dogs home.