{"product_id":"fox-and-i-by-catherine-raven-paperback","title":"Fox and I by Catherine Raven (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Catherine Raven finished her PhD in biology, she built herself a tiny cottage on an isolated plot of land in Montana. 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. In the meantime, she taught remotely and led field classes in nearby Yellowstone National Park.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen one day she realized that a mangy-looking fox was showing up on her property every afternoon at 4:15 p.m. She had never had a regular visitor before. 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Little Prince\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the fox, Catherine learned the single most important thing about loneliness: we are never alone when we are connected to the natural world. Friends, however, cannot save each other from the uncontained forces of nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zellaphant Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50636508791070,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/9222\/0702\/files\/8D45C7F6-859E-4E0C-829F-BF1A257F55C0.jpg?v=1771713946","url":"https:\/\/zellaphantbooks.com\/products\/fox-and-i-by-catherine-raven-paperback","provider":"Zellaphant Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}