Raising hare : memoir / Chloe Dalton.
Summary:
"A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare. 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 slept in your house for hours on end and gave birth to leverets in your study. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside, far away from her usual busy London life, this became her unexpected reality. In February 2021, Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare--a leveret--that had been chased by a dog. Fearing for its life, she brings it home, only to discover how impossible it is to rear a wild hare, most of whom perish in captivity from either shock or starvation. Through trial and error, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intention of returning it to the wilderness. Instead, it becomes her constant companion, wandering the fields and woods at night and returning to Dalton's house by day. Though Dalton feared that the hare would be preyed upon by foxes, stoats, feral cats, raptors, and even people, she never tried to restrict it to the house. Each time the hare leaves, Chloe knows she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death. Raising Hare chronicles their journey together, while also taking a deep dive into the lives and nature of hares, and the way they have been viewed historically in art, literature, and folklore. We witness first-hand the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal, which serves as a reminder that the best things, and most beautiful experiences, arise when we least expect them"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 0593701844
- ISBN: 9780593701843
- ISBN: 0593701844
- Physical Description: x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First U.S. hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- A winter leveret -- Bonded -- One month old : little hare -- No name -- May days : witch-hare -- Independence -- Four months old : home range -- August : light foot -- Leveret no more -- Ultimate trust -- Two years old : wonder -- Harekind -- Bolt from the blue -- Blood in the harvest -- Secret paths -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments. |
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Genre: | Informational works Biographies. Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 5 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
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- 31 current holds with 15 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Hot Springs Library | 599.32 DAL (Text) | 30229101385093 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
Columbus Library | 599.324 DAL (Text) | 31250200092461 | Adult New Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
Cumberland Headquarters | 599.324 DAL (Text) | 31781069072211 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/15/2025 |
Edneyville Branch | HCPL1849635 (Text) | HCPL1849635 | Adult New Nonfiction | On order | - |
Forsyth Central | 599.324 D 2025 (Text) | 0112524218002 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/05/2025 |
Henderson Main Branch | 599.324 D (Text) | 33258009647525 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/08/2025 |
Hope Mills Library | 599.324 DAL (Text) | 31781069072229 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 05/15/2025 |
Leland Library | ON ORDER (Text) | BRUNS23090151351450 | On Order | On order | - |
Lenoir Library | B DALTON Chloe Da (Text) | 50669013364485 | Adult New Biography | Available | - |
Lewisville Branch | ANF (Text) | FOR1840705 | On Order | On order | - |
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