H Is for Hawk

Author(s): Helen Macdonald

Memoir

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER **WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR** **WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION** As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for u800 on a Scottish quayside and took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. H is for Hawkis an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald's struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming and her own untaming. This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and how it might be possible to reconcile death with life and love.

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General Fields

  • : 9780802124739
  • : Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
  • : 47838
  • : March 2016
  • : ---length:- '8.25'width:- '5.5'units:- Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Helen Macdonald
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 320