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Marianne L. (Syosset, NY)
Raising Hare
This book is a delight to read from several standpoints. Firstly, if you love animals, you will love this gentle and informative read. Secondly, if you are a nature lover, there are many interesting insights about the history of humanity's relationship with the hare over time. But the reason I loved this book is that it gave me a close up view of how the author's relationship with a wild hare caused her to grow in depth as a person.
One example is after witnessing a colleague cry over the death of his dog, she felt embarrassed over his apparent show of weakness. Yet, anticipating the future death of this wild hare that befriended her, she too recalls her own tears welling up.
A book that tenderly challenges us to become more human, more sensitive, more attentive to the needs of the earth, in my opinion, is well worth the time. Pick up a copy and enjoy the serenity of this gem.
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Mary F. (Claremont, CA)
Raising Hare
If you are a nature buff like me, you will find this book captivating. It's more than a memoir. Chloe Dalton, the author, escapes from the city into the English countryside during the Covid outbreak and finds an injured baby hare or as the English call them a "leveret. She never treats it as a pet but as a wonder of nature.
This relationship between an animal and a human reminded me once again of the importance of protecting the environment which we live in for future generations. Her descriptive prose was easy to follow, making me feel I was in her house and garden as the two became so connected.
Chloe was changed and so was I by this wonderful book full of so much love, introspection and understanding.
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Evelyn K. (Davis, CA)
Wonderful book!
I loved this book from the first page - actually first page of the Prologue. Chloe Dalton painted pictures with words and I became fully involved. Her observations and intuitions sent a strong message about how we are not caring for our environment and creatures. I plan to read it again.
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Diane T. (Slingerlands, NY)
Raising Hares
'Raising Hare" by Chloe Dalton is a gentle, pastoral book that takes you on a journey not only of a hare but of the author and her journey of self-awareness. Dalton's observations of the world around her and more specifically of the world of a leveret (baby hare) is far from the world she lives in.
She is a foreign policy expert and political advisor who immersed herself in the world of nature and finds that there are just as many conflicts there as in her world. Having this take place during the pandemic, one senses a greater height of awareness of natures order of life and the human order of life.
Do they or should they converge or are humans imposing themselves and their priorities in non-domesticated animal life? This question is posed to the reader to ponder.
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Kathrin C. (Corona, CA)
Hares Today - And Hopefully Tomorrow
I certainly learned more about hares in the wild, all over the world and in literature than I ever thought I would need to know while reading Raising Hare. But I was also thoroughly fascinated - both with Chloe Dalton's descriptions of our fragile and harsh and wonderful natural wild world and her growing connection with one individual newborn hare (leveret) into whose life she accidently intruded when she decided to save it from a chasing dog.
And she did, save it. As she struggled to learn how to ensure the leveret's survival, she also tried her best to preserve its wildness and independence. Perhaps not entirely possible when the hare takes over your house and garden. But no pet names and no cages. This well-written memoir turns out to be a very captivating and heartwarming three-year saga about a woman connecting back to nature and also reconnecting with herself.
I recommend this book to fans of nature writing, but also to everyone else who, maybe unknowingly, has stepped just a little too far away from nature.
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Kassapa (Mpls., MN)
Intimacy
From the very first pages of this book, I was captivated by the story of this hare, not only would it survive or what would happen to it, but by the slow motion unfolding of the Chloe Dalton's, the author, experience of what it would mean to pay closer attention to the world we share with all creatures.
In the course of this memoir, I wonder who is the main character whose life we have a deeper understanding, is it the hare or the author? And as the book progresses we see the author as having a breakthrough in her own understanding of the world.
It is a very involving book that I couldn't put down, and though I didn't read it in a 'sitting' still it hovered in my consciousness for the three days I pondered and was enriched by it. I think the lasting effects of this book will be experienced for many years.
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Carolyn S. (Kennesaw, GA)
Raising Hare
In this memoir, set during the pandemic, a woman finds and raises a wild Hare in the English countryside. It is a life altering event that changes the way she thinks about not only the life of Hares, but the natural world. The book goes into deep detail about not only the life of Hares, but also how they should fit into our world, a beautiful story.
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