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Raising Hare

The heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship

Chloe Dalton

SOCIETY & SOCIAL SCIENCES
26
Coup de coeur
Coup de coeur (Nature), by Sylvia
Warning: by the time I finished this book, I had adopted a dog. This book really got under my skin. I wouldnt have thought Id be as moved and intrigued as I was to read a book about a hare. The author: a political advisor, a workaholic who travelled a lot, finds herself in the English countryside during the pandemic and with it an unlikely encounter with a leveret (a baby hare). Their relationship, one of great observation on both sides, holds a clear respect and affection for one another in one of the most unusual relationships Ive read about. It was a quiet reminder of the wonders of nature and the depths of a silent connection with another being.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025
SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE HAY FESTIVAL, SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND iNEWS


'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

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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.

Publisher: Canongate Books
Binding: Hardback
Publication date: 26 Sept 2024
Dimensions: 221 x 163 x 34 mm
ISBN: 9781805302711