Melanie Caldicott's Reviews > Raising Hare: A Memoir

A truly beautiful story of the delicate flux between humans and nature. 

This was both heart warming and concerning as it wove together the stewardship Dalton has over her wild hare and the respect she has for its independence and agency juxtaposed with the terrible impact hunting, farming and the diminishment of natural habitats on the hare's survival. 

I loved Dalton's honesty about her personal journey from workaholic to treasuring small moments of natural, simple beauty. Whilst this is a story we've heard before I felt there was a raw vulnerability to this narrative that never felt twee or saccharine.

One slight criticism I had was that there were some fairly obvious proofreading/editing errors in this which were surprising for such a flagship publication of a major publisher and slightly galling after purchasing the hardback.

However, this is no reflection on Dalton's beautiful prose which is simple, yet profound and on that basis I am so glad I purchased this to keep and will look forward to rereading it in the future.