H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

“Beautifully written, this book had lots of fascinating detail about how the author trained her goshawk, Mabel, and articulate rumination on how her work with and views of the bird changed and evolved as she grieved for her deceased father. Macdonald is a poet, and her gifts shine in the language describing Mabel, the landscapes in which she hunts and Macdonald’s own passage through grief and back into life.”

–Terzah, librarian

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