Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bot tle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around you r bedroom at night\, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your atten tion. Imagine that\, over two years later\, it still ran in from the field s when you called it and slept in your house for hours on end and gave bir th to leverets in your study. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton\, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside\, far away fr om her usual busy London life\, this became her unexpected reality.
\n< p>In February 2021\, Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare&mdash\;a leveret& mdash\;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 o f whom perish in captivity from either shock or starvation. Through trial and error\, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intenti on of returning it to the wilderness. Instead\, it becomes her constant co mpanion\, wandering the fields and woods at night and returning to Dalton& rsquo\;s house by day. Though Dalton feared that the hare would be preyed upon by foxes\, stoats\, feral cats\, raptors\, and even people\, she neve r tried to restrict it to the house. Each time the hare leaves\, Chloe kno ws she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death.\nRaising Hare \;chronicles the ir journey together\, while also taking a deep dive into the lives and nat ure of hares\, and the way they have been viewed historically in art\, lit erature\, and folklore. We witness first-hand the joy at this extraordinar y relationship between human and animal\, which serves as a reminder that the best things\, and most beautiful experiences\, arise when we least exp ect them.
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