Join BookBytes, our new digital book club and enjoy great reads right from your device! Four times a year we will feature one title available in both eBook and downloadable audiobook formats through the library’s digital collection, Libby. Discussion questions will be posted online, and readers can connect and share their thoughts at virtual meetups. 

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Zoom link for virtual book discussion meet-up: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85189871411?pwd=xaaDQFcyXlLAStaC1Jw7D9dNKpitPO.1

Winter title: Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

Title available beginning January 1; Virtual meetup on Thursday, February 26 at 7pm.

About the book: During the COVID lockdown, a former London political adviser retreats to the countryside and unexpectedly rescues a baby hare, forging a delicate bond that reframes her understanding of wildness and freedom. With lyrical precision and reflective insight, this memoir becomes a meditation on trust, boundaries, and our human relationship to the natural world.

Discussion Questions for Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton

1. Unexpected Care
   Chloe Dalton did not plan to care for a wild hare. How does the book explore what it means to take responsibility for another living being when that responsibility isn’t chosen?
2. Wild vs. Domestic
   In what ways does the hare resist being humanized or domesticated? Why is that resistance important to the story?
3. Attention and Presence
   Much of the book unfolds through quiet observation. How does slowing down and paying close attention shape Dalton’s experience—and your own experience as a reader?
4. Boundaries and Letting Go
   How does the author navigate the tension between attachment and respect for the hare’s independence? Where do you see moments of restraint or intentional distance?
5. Nature as Teacher
   What does the hare seem to teach the author about patience, vulnerability, or control? Did any of these lessons resonate with your own life?
6. Human Intervention
   The book raises questions about when humans should intervene in nature—and when they should step back. Where did you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with the author’s choices?
7. Isolation and Connection
   How does the setting (rural life, solitude, seasons) shape the emotional tone of the book? In what ways does caring for the hare both ease and deepen the author’s sense of isolation?
8. Care Without Ownership
   Can care exist without possession? How does Raising Hare challenge common ideas about love, stewardship, and control?
9. Emotional Impact
   What moments stayed with you most strongly after reading? Why do you think those moments linger?
10. A Quiet Story
    This is a gentle, reflective book rather than a dramatic one. How did that affect your reading experience? Did the quietness feel comforting, challenging, or surprising?