“H is for Hawk” describes her experience as a falconer training a young northern goshawk (acciper gentilis) to hunt free from the fist in the countryside near ...

Heart-wrenching and humorous, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement and a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, with a parallel ...

H is for Hawk is a 2014 memoir by British author Helen Macdonald. It won the Samuel Johnson Prize and Costa Book of the Year award, among other honours.

Destined to be a classic of nature writing, "H is for Hawk" is a record of a spiritual journey - an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald's struggle with ...

Mar 23, 2015 · On the surface, H is for Hawk is a falconry book chronicling the training of a Northern Goshawk, and yet it is so much more. It is a brilliantly ...

New in paperback. The instant New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald's story of adopting and raising one of nature's most ...

Feb 19, 2015 · The premise of her memoir is simple: Macdonald loses her bearings after her beloved father's sudden death. She retreats from the human world.

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A momentous decision to raise and train a young goshawk abruptly changes the trajectory of her life. In this memoir covering less than one year in her life she ...

What happens to reality when nostalgia and memory become weaponized? Part speculative thriller, part queer romance, all page-turning excitement and intrigue, ...