A 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.
There is something both wonderfully archaic and utterly contemporary about Chloe Dalton’s memoir of finding and raising a baby hare ... One of the great glories of the book, beautifully illustrated by Denise Nestor, is the way in which Ms. Dalton records the appearance, movement and behavior of the growing leveret ... Dalton has given us a portrait, both ephemeral and real.
Meditative ... Plenty of hare lore and history are woven into the narrative, which Dalton delivers with meticulous descriptions and pragmatic sensibility ... To divulge much more of the book’s arc would rob the reader of its most revealing moments, especially as the hare matures and her priorities shift. But Dalton’s clear, measured prose and Denise Nestor’s delicate drawings provide a gentle cottagecore vibe and a bit of solace in a world that has now returned to an even more frenetic state.
A welcome addition to these stories of transformative, interspecies trust-building ... Filled with fascinating information gleaned from both close observation and research ... Lacking the expected, traditional narrative arc that ends in loss, its final chapters drag a bit. But Dalton’s paean to her 'wondrous,' life-changing communion with this animal offers many exquisite moments.
