![]() With stunning language that that resonates long after the book’s conclusion, H is for Hawk is destined to be a classic of nature writing. It’s a book about memory, nature and nation, and how it might be possible to try to reconcile death with life and love.Īs John Vaillant’s The Tiger depicted the dangerous collision of people and nature, H is for Hawk evokes our deepest longings for something wild. White, best known for The Once and Future King. At the same time, it’s a kaleidoscopic biography of the brilliant and troubled novelist T. H is for Hawk is a record of a spiritual journey-an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald’s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk’s taming and her own untaming. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. She buys Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. ![]() White’s tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White’s struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald Narrated by Helen Macdonald Unabridged 11 hours, 6 minutes 3.7 (18) Audiobook (Digital) 18.49 (Not eligible for purchase using B&N Audiobooks Subscription credits) 19.95 Save 7 Hardcover 26.00 Paperback 13.99 eBook 12.49 Audiobook 18. ![]() She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T. Destined to be a classic of nature writing, the story of how one woman trained a goshawk.Īs a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. ![]()
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