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Chloe 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.
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The book beautifully captures both the tenderness and the tension of caring for a wild creature. How did your relationship with the hare challenge or change your understanding of the natural world?
Well, thank you. The experience woke up my senses and brought me much closer to nature, after years of city life. It brought me peace and contentment. And it has made me think about the importance of the wild that remains: most living things on earth now are humans, pets and livestock. Wild animals, like the hare, are in a tiny minority, clinging on. I find that thought electrifying, and a reason to change some of my priorities.
You write with vivid precision about the countryside—the textures, sounds, and weather. Did your background as a foreign policy adviser shape the way you observe and describe nature? Why or why not?
With hindsight, I think that it did inform the way I wrote the book. I always tried in my work to avoid assuming that, as an outsider, I understood the experience of people in other countries. Without being conscious of it, I approached the hare as if she came from another land, about which I knew very little. I tried not to assume that I could interpret her behavior or emotional states. It ...
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