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"A beautifully written and utterly magical journey through grief and hope. Macdonald moves so easily between the different threads of her story, it never loses grip on its reader. Even if you don't normally read memoirs, or nature books, this reads like a novel and I highly recommend it. -- Recommended by Claire D. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize Named the Costa Book of the Year 1 bestseller in the UK When Helen Macdonalds father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconerHelen had been captivated by hawks since childhoodshed never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawks fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T.H. Whites chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself in the hawks wild mind to tame her tested the limits of Macdonalds humanity and changed her life.
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Helen Macdonald is an English writer, naturalist, and an Affiliated Research Scholar at the University of Cambridge Department of History and Philosophy of Science. She is best known as the author of H is for Hawk, which won the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize and Costa Book Award. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
