I think I clung to hard to the relationship between her and the fox, and felt hard stung to draw my attention elsewhere in the world as relayed to us as readers. All of this I can say with an open heart because IT'S TRUE and the fact that she shared her journey with us is memorable too.
I REVELED in the peace she found for both herself, her past, and her present, while acknowledging that the future is still an unknown that has possibility. I was HEARTSORE when he disappeared, REJOICED when all wasn't found quite lost, and DASHED again when eventually, Mother Nature had her say in the whole matter. I APPRECIATED her struggle to balance the continued meetings as they became familiar to one another with her scientific mind screaming against humanizing the little fellow. I ADORED the concept of this single solitary woman making her way in the world on her own terms, and befriending or perhaps being befriended by this naturally wild creature. I LOVED the fact that it is the kick off title for the emergence of Spiegel & Grau.and that the little fox even made itself at home in their logo. Okay, unpopular opinion just wasn't for me. This uplifting, fable-like true story about the friendship between a solitary woman and a wild fox not only reveals the power of friendship and our interconnectedness with the natural world, but is an original, imaginative, and beautiful work that introduces a stunning new voice. Though this is a story of survival, it is also a poignant and dramatic tale of living in the wilderness and coping with inevitable loss. But friends cannot always save each other from the uncontained forces of nature. Her scientific training had taught her not to anthropomorphise animals, but as she grew to know him, his personality revealed itself - and he became her friend. He became a regular visitor, eventually sitting near her as she read to him from The Little Prince or Dr Seuss. One day, she realised that a wild fox that had been appearing at her house was coming by every day precisely at 4.15.
Except when teaching, she spoke to no one. She managed to put herself through college and then graduate school, eventually earning a PhD in biology and building a house on her remote plot.
Drawn to the natural world, she worked as a ranger in national parks, at times living in her run-down car on abandoned construction sites, or camping on a piece of land in Montana she bought from a colleague. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARDĪ solitary woman’s inspiring, moving, surprising, and often funny memoir about the transformative power of her unusual friendship with a wild fox.Ĭatherine Raven left home at 15, fleeing an abusive father and an indifferent mother.
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