Chloe Dalton's memoir, Raising Hare, is a dear account of a busy journalist's unexpected relationship with a wild hare. Their bond was made possible by the pandemic. Thoughtfully conveyed and certainly well-researched, Dalton shows how much one can learn from being open and listening to the natural world. I loved how respectful of the hare she was, and the reflection it inspired.
Page 74: The leveret would invite me to chase it, by coming close and jumping playfully. Then it would accelerate away from me, change direction mid-stride, and zoom back tantalisingly close before pulling away again, showing off its dazzling fleetness while I attempted to keep up, an ungainly figure trailing ridiculously in its wake.
Page 95-96: Maybe the hare's dubious reputation, I thought, has less to do with the hare itself than our habit as humans of persecuting that we do not understand, and our own conflicted natures.
Page 262: Since that first day when I found her it has felt as if a spell was cast over this corner of the earth, and me within it. I have stepped out of my usual life and had the privilege of an experience out of the ordinary.
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