Friends, however, cannot save each other from the uncontained forces of nature.įox and I is a poignant and remarkable tale of friendship, growth, and coping with inevitable loss-and of how that loss can be transformed into meaning. Her scientific training had taught her not to anthropomorphize animals, yet as she grew to know him, his personality revealed itself and they became friends.įrom the fox, Catherine learned the single most important thing about loneliness: we are never alone when we are connected to the natural world. How do you even talk to a fox? She brought out her camping chair, sat as close to him as she dared, and began reading to him from The Little Prince. She had never had a regular visitor before.

Then one day she realized that a mangy-looking fox was showing up on her property every afternoon at 4:15 p.m. In the meantime, she taught remotely and led field classes in nearby Yellowstone National Park. She was as emotionally isolated as she was physically, but she viewed the house as a way station, a temporary rest stop where she could gather her nerves and fill out applications for what she hoped would be a real job that would help her fit into society. When Catherine Raven finished her PhD in biology, she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana. Includes reading group guide and an interview with the author full of tenderness and understanding.' - The New York TimesĪn 'extraordinary' ( Oprah Daily) memoir about the friendship between a solitary woman and a wild fox. 'The book everyone will be talking about. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * 2022 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner * Shortlisted for the John Burroughs Medal * Finalist for the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize * Shortlisted for a Reading the West Book AwardĪ Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Year * 2021 Summer Reading Pick by BUZZFEED * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * KIRKUS * TIME MAGAZINE * GOOD MORNING AMERICA * PEOPLE MAGAZINE * THE WASHINGTON POST

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