Fox & I

Fox and I is the memoir of a solitary woman living in a remote location. Raven is bright and is a beautiful writer. She works at low-paying, temporary jobs and she has little contact with people.

Then Raven meets Fox. Fox is an ordinary male fox who begins to wander up to Raven's cabin every afternoon at 4:15. Fox sits and listens as Raven reads aloud and speaks to him. It becomes clear that a friendship between the woman and the fox is developing.

Fox & I is a story that centers on the relationship between a lonely woman and a wolf. It's not a straight narrative, but a discursive collection of hundreds of meandering brief essays on the thoughts that come into the mind of the author. Some of these little essays were interesting to me, but many of them were not. All of it is beautifully written, though much feels a little overwritten.