Raising Hare
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Retreating to the countryside during lockdown, political writer Chloe Dalton discovers a tiny newborn leveret alone, and in danger, and takes it home. ‘Raising Hare’ is the beautiful story of their relationship- from the challenges of raising the animal to preparing for its return to the wild. The bond of trust between human and creature gives hope, allowing us to find the beauty of nature all around us despite global troubled times, as The Financial Times remarks, ‘It transports you to a world of long-lost innocence and makes you want to hug the world.” Award winning and much acclaimed, this is a beautiful memoir, balancing sentiment and knowledge, that will stay with you long after the final page has turned.
Dimensions
22cm (9in) x 16cm (6in)
Features
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Retreating to the countryside during lockdown, political writer Chloe Dalton discovers a tiny newborn leveret alone, and in danger, and takes it home. ‘Raising Hare’ is the beautiful story of their relationship- from the challenges of raising the animal to preparing for its return to the wild. The bond of trust between human and creature gives hope, allowing us to find the beauty of nature all around us despite global troubled times, as The Financial Times remarks, ‘It transports you to a world of long-lost innocence and makes you want to hug the world.” Award winning and much acclaimed, this is a beautiful memoir, balancing sentiment and knowledge, that will stay with you long after the final page has turned.
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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.
Details & Care
- Publisher: Canongate
- Hard cover
- Black and white pencil drawings
- Number of pages: 291 pages
- ISBN: 9781805302711
- 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
- Book of the Year for the Hay Festival 2024
- Critics Best Book for Sunday Times, The Times, Financial Times, Spectator and iNews
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