![]() It is also the introduction of an original, imaginative, stunning literary voice. ![]() Fox and I is a poignant and dramatic tale of friendship, transformation, and coping with inevitable loss - and of how that loss can become meaningful. ![]() Her scientific training had taught her not to anthropomorphize animals, but as she grew to know him, his personality revealed itself - and he became her friend.īut friends cannot always save each other from the uncontained forces of nature. How do you even talk to a fox? So, 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. One day, she realized that the mangy-looking fox who had been appearing on her property was now showing up every day at 4:15 p.m. Wilson Literary Science Award Winner Finalist, Stubbendieck Distinguished Book Prize Short-Listed, The John Burroughs Medal for a Distinguished Book in Natural History Available in hardback, e-book, and audio, from independent bookstores,, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. She built a house on an isolated plot of land in Montana, teaching remotely and leading field classes. More comfortable in nature than among people, she worked as a National Park ranger, eventually earning a PhD in biology. A solitary woman’s inspiring, moving, surprising, and often funny memoir about the transformative power of her unusual friendship with a wild fox, a new window into the natural world, and the introduction of a remarkable literary talent.Ĭatherine Raven left home at 15, fleeing an abusive, disdainful father and an indifferent mother. ![]()
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