![]() Her evocative descriptions also relay the vivid scenery in and around her cabin. ![]() Raven brings to life the foxes (and other animals and plants she discusses) as she weaves in concepts from Melville’s Moby Dick and Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. It is beautifully descriptive, with details about the natural history of Montana and fox biology. Raven had turned to nature as a salve for psychic wounds. But readers might also ask, given the well-trodden ground on this topic, whether there’s much new to say. Because biologists tend to disdain anthropomorphism, Raven was initially reluctant to share the particulars of this friendship with peers, but she ultimately does so with this memoir. The Wall Street Journal Catherine Raven’s story about her relationship with a wild red fox, is likely to find a receptive audience. The two develop a friendship as they share their lives-a relationship that the author considers to be her first real friendship. Download the FOX 35 News app and the FOX 35 Storm Team weather apps for the latest news and weather alerts, especially during the hurricane season. Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship by CATHERINE RAVEN For twelve consecutive days, the fox had appeared at my cottage. After buying property and building a cabin there, she encountered a scrawny male fox, who seemed to be unafraid of her soon the fox (whom she calls Fox here) was rendezvousing with Raven at 4:15 pm each afternoon. How to track storms in FOX 35 Storm Team app. ![]() In this lyrical debut memoir, biologist and former park ranger Raven explores her relationship with a wild fox born near her remote cabin in Montana. ![]()
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