Raising Hare

Author: Dalton, Chloe

Memoirs

Published on 26 September 2024 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 304 pages, b&w illustrations throughout
221 x 163 x 34 | 460g

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A TIMES and SPECTATOR BEST BOOK OF 2024A WATERSTONES BEST NATURE WRITING BOOK OF 2024A BOOKSHOP.ORG NATURAL HISTORY GIFT BOOK 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 HAIGImagine 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.