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Raising Hare

By: Chloe Dalton
Narrated by: Louise Brealey
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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.

©2024 Chloe Dalton (P)2024 Canongate Books Ltd Animals Biological Sciences Outdoors & Nature Science Inspiring Heartfelt Thought-Provoking

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Critic reviews

'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)

'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)
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I adored this book and was captivated throughout. I appreciated and marvelled at the skill of the author of not overemphasising her emotions but they were so clearly there in the spaces between her words. I enjoyed listened to the author and the narrator discuss this very subject at the end.

Utterly enchanting delightful book which affected me profoundly.

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Beautiful, touching, gentle. Reconnect with what is important in life. This book made me smile.

Digital Detox with words

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I started out feeling a little biased about someone able to spend their lockdown in a rural setting, and I will confess that this book completely won me over. I am completely envious of the experience, as a hare obsessed person, but I also spent much of my time with this book feeling in awe of the patience and restraint that clearly made the relationship possible. And then, when the relationship developed to another level entirely, I found myself completely spellbound and I’ve actually finished the last two thirds in one day - I couldn’t stop listening - I sincerely hope that there will be some kind of film possibility to see some of these exceptional moments captured. Blown away.

Just wow.

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The narrator was a perfect match for this book. this book is shortlisted for the women non fiction award. It would not be a surprise if it won the prize. the way in which the book is done. you follow Chloe Dalton starting a journey during lock down raising a hare. This book is a diary, educational and emotional which is definitely worth a listen it is also suitable for any ages, but caution your view of Hare's will change thank to the author writing and the empathy by the narrator. only question how many time will you listen to it?

A beautifully put together book

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Beautifully written book giving a wonderful insight into the life of a hare. Great read.

Fascinating read

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Loved every minute of this book I did not want it to end. Thank you.

Brilliant book

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What an insightful and beautiful story. I had a lovely cry at the end and also loved the chat between the author and reader at the end.

Beautiful

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Occasionally overly critical of farming practice-having been farming for over 50 years and cared for nature all that time it really hurts that some people are so critical of our care and work yet expect food to be produced at minimal cost.

The author’s respect for balance of nature.

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Fabulous book. The truth and love is astonishing and I hope will bring is all to care for out landscape and its creatures. Thank you Chloe Dalton.

Heartbreaking story that brings us to nature and love

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Such a beautiful story and so inspiring. I will always think of hares now in my wanderings.

Beautiful and enriching

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