Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES BEST NATURE WRITING BOOK OF 2024 'A beautiful book' - ANGELINA JOLIE 'A glorious book - for its warmth, its precision, its joy' - KATHERINE RUNDELL 'I will be recommending this to everyone' - MATT HAIG __ Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and snoozed in your house for hours on end. This happened to me. When lockdown led busy professional Chloe to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she never expected to find herself custodian of a newly born hare. Yet when she finds the creature, endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she is compelled to give it a chance at survival. Raising Hare chronicles their journey together and the challenges of caring for the leveret and preparing for its return to the wild. We witness an extraordinary relationship between human and animal, rekindling our sense of awe towards nature and wildlife. This improbable bond of trust serves to remind us that the most remarkable experiences, inspiring the most hope, often arise when we least expect them.
Already tipped by the Bookseller as "a future classic of nature writing", Raising Hare is one of the most gorgeous tales of human-animal connection out there * * iNews * *
Raising Hare is a glorious book - for its warmth, its precision, its joyIt's not dreamy or romantic about the natural world - it's something far better than that -- KATHERINE RUNDELL
I savoured every carefully chosen and perfectly polished word and I cared so deeply about Hare that I found myself holding my breath . . . This is more than a wildlife memoir, it's a philosophical masterpiece ruminating on our place as human beings in nature -- CLARE BALDING
Raising Hare is an astounding achievement. Not since I read Salar the Salmon by Henry Williamson have I witnessed such insight into a creature of the wild. This is a great and important tale for our times, for all of us, in the same league as Ted Hughes, Alice Oswald, Thomas Hardy and indeed Henry Williamson himself. I am so pleased Chloe Dalton told us about raising hare. I will not forget it and nor will anyone who reads it -- MICHAEL MORPURGO
This book is exceptional. It made me smile out loud, such a magical tale of a world turned upside down by a fragile wild thing - a leveret lost, a life found. A simply wonderful story, profoundly beautiful -- CHRIS PACKHAM
Written with tenderness and lyricism from someone who has taken the time to reconnect to nature and the wild within. A beautiful book -- ANGELINA JOLIE
A beautiful book that makes you think profoundly about how we so often tune out the natural world around us. Chloe Dalton is a tender, curious, wise, mind-expanding guide, connecting readers with the wild we humans once knew so well. I will be recommending this to everyone -- MATT HAIG
A captivating and uplifting story about a chance encounter that proved utterly transformative. Beautifully written, touching and thought-provoking. It's stayed with me weeks after finishing the final sentence -- CATHY NEWMAN
Utterly bewitched by this marvel of nature writing by Chloe Dalton with glorious illustrations by Denise Nestor -- CAROLINE SANDERSON
A moving, magical blend of memoir and nature writing . . . beautifully written, with a luminous, fairytale quality -- JOHN O'CONNELL
Raising Hare is a glorious book - for its warmth, its precision, its joyIt's not dreamy or romantic about the natural world - it's something far better than that -- KATHERINE RUNDELL
I savoured every carefully chosen and perfectly polished word and I cared so deeply about Hare that I found myself holding my breath . . . This is more than a wildlife memoir, it's a philosophical masterpiece ruminating on our place as human beings in nature -- CLARE BALDING
Raising Hare is an astounding achievement. Not since I read Salar the Salmon by Henry Williamson have I witnessed such insight into a creature of the wild. This is a great and important tale for our times, for all of us, in the same league as Ted Hughes, Alice Oswald, Thomas Hardy and indeed Henry Williamson himself. I am so pleased Chloe Dalton told us about raising hare. I will not forget it and nor will anyone who reads it -- MICHAEL MORPURGO
This book is exceptional. It made me smile out loud, such a magical tale of a world turned upside down by a fragile wild thing - a leveret lost, a life found. A simply wonderful story, profoundly beautiful -- CHRIS PACKHAM
Written with tenderness and lyricism from someone who has taken the time to reconnect to nature and the wild within. A beautiful book -- ANGELINA JOLIE
A beautiful book that makes you think profoundly about how we so often tune out the natural world around us. Chloe Dalton is a tender, curious, wise, mind-expanding guide, connecting readers with the wild we humans once knew so well. I will be recommending this to everyone -- MATT HAIG
A captivating and uplifting story about a chance encounter that proved utterly transformative. Beautifully written, touching and thought-provoking. It's stayed with me weeks after finishing the final sentence -- CATHY NEWMAN
Utterly bewitched by this marvel of nature writing by Chloe Dalton with glorious illustrations by Denise Nestor -- CAROLINE SANDERSON
A moving, magical blend of memoir and nature writing . . . beautifully written, with a luminous, fairytale quality -- JOHN O'CONNELL
Chloe Dalton is a writer, political adviser and foreign policy specialist. She spent over a decade working in the UK Parliament and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and has advised, and written for and with, numerous prominent figures. She divides her time between London and her home in the English countryside. Raising Hare is her first book.
chloedalton.uk | @chloedaltonuk | @raisinghare
| SKU | NGR9781805302711 |
| ISBN 13 | 9781805302711 |
| ISBN 10 | 180530271X |
| Title | Raising Hare |
| Author | Chloe Dalton |
| Condition | New |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2024-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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