H is for Hawk
by Helen MacDonald
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Nature, Memoir, and Nonfiction.
Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from an outstanding literary innovator.When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer—Helen had been captivated by hawks since childhood—she'd never before been tempted to tra...
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