From acclaimed journalist and novelist Fatima Bhutto, a searing, intimate memoir of grief, heartbreak, and what we owe the natural world – all learned from the dog who saved her life.
Only a teenager when her beloved father was murdered, shot outside their home by his political opponents, as an adult, Fatima Bhutto longed for a happy family life. And so when one day she meets an intoxicatingly charismatic man who promises just that, she falls for him – and falls hard.
This is the story of how Fatima freed herself from the tight, dangerous coils of the man’s manipulative charm. It’s a tale that crosses continents, travels into myth, literature, astronomy and art, and explores Fatima’s own yearning for motherhood. By her side for the entire journey is Coco: a small, ferociously loyal Jack Russell terrier.
Heartbreaking yet hopeful, this kaleidoscopic memoir is a testament to resilience, self-acceptance, the restorative power of friendship, and humanity’s connection to nature.
‘Viscerally immediate and profoundly thoughtful, The Hour of the Wolf is both an engrossing narrative of love and cruelty, and a series of deft meditations on what it means to live among other creatures, human and non-human.’ Mark O’Connell
‘Devastating.’ Guardian
