Women's Prize for Nonfiction Longlisted Chloe Dalton for Raising Hare

'A beautiful book' - ANGELINA JOLIE
'I will be recommending this to everyone' - MATT HAI
'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.

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. It was selected as Hay Festival Book of the Year 2024, shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year and a Critics Best Books pick for The Times, Financial Times, Guardian, Spectator and iNews.

Short-listed for Waterstones Book of the Year 2024 and Hatchards and Biographers' Club First Biography Prize 2024 and The British Book Awards - Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year 2025. Long-listed for Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025.