Raising Hare

 By: Chloe Dalton

Location: NF 920 DAL

Genre: Europe and a Hare

"A love letter to the natural world"
THE TIMES

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS’ CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE

‘A beautiful book’ - ANGELINA JOLIE ‘I will be recommending this to everyone’ - MATT HAIG ‘Quietly profound, beautifully written, Hare is now lodged in my heart’ - TRACY CHEVALIER

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 Chloe, a city-dwelling professional with a high-pressure job, finds a newly born hare, endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she is compelled to give it a chance at survival - despite being the least likely caregiver to this wild animal.

Raising Hare is the story of their journey together. It chronicles an extraordinary relationship between human and animal, rekindling our sense of awe towards nature and wildlife. Their improbable bond of trust reminds us that the most remarkable experiences, inspiring the most hope, often arise when we least expect them.

Review: Diane Barnes

This was an absolutely beautiful book, with a much needed message for all of us. Like everyone, this author was forced to slow down and reconsider things during the pandemic. She went to her converted barn in the countryside close to London. Finding a baby hare and raising it was completely foreign to her nature, but it ended up teaching her so much about herself and the natural world, and how important wildness is to all of us. I love that this has become a bestseller and has won so many awards, maybe there is hope for us yet.