Raising Hare The heart-warming true story of an unlikely friendship
- 29 May 2025
- 9781837260867
- £10.99
- 336 pp
- 129×198mm
- 26 Sep 2024
- 9781837261543
- £8.79
- 336 pp
- 26 Sep 2024
- 9781837261796
- £25
- 6 hrs 28 min
In a few words
Winner of the Wainwright Prize and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, this instant Sunday Times bestseller is the magical true story of a woman and a baby hare who form an incredible bond
In a few words
Winner of the Wainwright Prize and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, this instant Sunday Times bestseller is the magical true story of a woman and an injured hare who taught her how to live again
In a few words
Winner of the Wainwright Prize and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, this instant Sunday Times bestseller is the magical true story of a woman and an injured hare who taught her how to live again
A great and important tale for our times
Michael Morpurgo
This is more than a wildlife memoir, it’s a philosophical masterpiece
Clare Balding
A great and important tale for our times
Michael Morpurgo
This is more than a wildlife memoir, it’s a philosophical masterpiece
Clare Balding
A great and important tale for our times
Michael Morpurgo
This is more than a wildlife memoir, it’s a philosophical masterpiece
Clare Balding
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS’ CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE HAY FESTIVAL, SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST, iNEWS and TIME
‘A beautiful book’ – ANGELINA JOLIE
‘I will be recommending this to everyone’ – MATT HAIG
‘Quietly profound, beautifully written, Hare is now lodged in my heart’ – TRACY CHEVALIER
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 Chloe, a city-dwelling professional with a high-pressure job, finds a newly born hare, endangered, alone and no bigger than her palm, she is compelled to give it a chance at survival – despite being the least likely caregiver to this wild animal.
Raising Hare is the story of their journey together. It chronicles an extraordinary relationship between human and animal, rekindling our sense of awe towards nature and wildlife. Their improbable bond of trust reminds us that the most remarkable experiences, inspiring the most hope, often arise when we least expect them.
This edition includes a moving new chapter
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
WINNER OF BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS’ CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE HAY FESTIVAL, SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR, ECONOMIST AND iNEWS
‘A beautiful book’ – ANGELINA JOLIE
‘I will be recommending this to everyone’ – MATT HAIG
‘Quietly profound, beautifully written, Hare is now lodged in my heart’ – TRACY CHEVALIER
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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.
More about
the book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
WINNER OF BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, HATCHARDS AND BIOGRAPHERS’ CLUB FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE
A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE HAY FESTIVAL, SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND iNEWS
‘A beautiful book’ – ANGELINA JOLIE
‘I will be recommending this to everyone’ – MATT HAIG
‘Quietly profound, beautifully written, Hare is now lodged in my heart’ – TRACY CHEVALIER
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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.
This book is exceptional. A simply wonderful story, profoundly beautiful
Chris Packham
A glorious book – for its warmth, its precision, its joy. It’s not dreamy or romantic about the natural world – it’s something far better than that
Katherine Rundell
Written with tenderness and lyricism from someone who has taken the time to reconnect to nature and the wild within. A beautiful book
Angelina Jolie
Raising Hare is an observant and enchanting meditation on nurturing a wild creature, capturing the fragile wonder that can emerge between human and animal
Queen Camilla
This book is exceptional. A simply wonderful story, profoundly beautiful
Chris Packham
A glorious book – for its warmth, its precision, its joy. It’s not dreamy or romantic about the natural world – it’s something far better than that
Katherine Rundell
Written with tenderness and lyricism from someone who has taken the time to reconnect to nature and the wild within. A beautiful book
Angelina Jolie
Raising Hare is an observant and enchanting meditation on nurturing a wild creature, capturing the fragile wonder that can emerge between human and animal
Queen Camilla
This book is exceptional. A simply wonderful story, profoundly beautiful
Chris Packham
A glorious book – for its warmth, its precision, its joy. It’s not dreamy or romantic about the natural world – it’s something far better than that
Katherine Rundell
Written with tenderness and lyricism from someone who has taken the time to reconnect to nature and the wild within. A beautiful book
Angelina Jolie
Raising Hare is an observant and enchanting meditation on nurturing a wild creature, capturing the fragile wonder that can emerge between human and animal
Queen Camilla
Chloe Dalton
View profileChloe 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. It won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, selected as a Waterstones Book of the Year and as the Hay Festival Book of the Year. It was a Critics Best Books pick for The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Spectator and iNews and was Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
chloedalton.uk | @chloedaltonuk
Chloe Dalton
View profileChloe 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. It won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, selected as a Waterstones Book of the Year and as the Hay Festival Book of the Year. It was a Critics Best Books pick for The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Spectator and iNews and was Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
chloedalton.uk | @chloedaltonuk
Chloe Dalton
View profileChloe 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. It won the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, selected as a Waterstones Book of the Year and as the Hay Festival Book of the Year. It was a Critics Best Books pick for The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Spectator and iNews and was Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month.
chloedalton.uk | @chloedaltonuk
