![]() ![]() ![]() 'I'm convinced it's going to be an absolute classic of nature writing.' - Nick Barley, The Guardian I will be surprised if a better book than H is for Hawk is published this year.' - Melissa Harrison, Financial Times The result is a deeply human work shot through.with intelligence and compassion. ' H is for Hawk is a dazzling piece of work: deeply affecting, utterly fascinating and blazing with love and intelligence. Publisher: Vintage Publishing ISBN: 9780099575450 Number of pages: 320 Weight: 258 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm MEDIA REVIEWS This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and how it might be possible to reconcile death with life and love. H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald's struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming and her own untaming. ![]() She bought Mabel for £800 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. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. 'I can't remember the last time a book made me feel so many different things in such quick succession.' - Rachel Cooke, The GuardianĪs a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction ![]()
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