H is for hawk
Helen Macdonald (Author)
As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training herown goshawk
Staff pick
300 pages ; 20 cm
9780099575450, 9780224097000, 0099575450, 0224097008
898152830
Part I. Patience
Lost
Small worlds
Mr White
Holding tight
The box of stars
Invisibility
The Rembrandt interior
The rite of passage
Darkness
Leaving home
Outlaws
Alice, falling
The line
For whom the bell
Rain
Heat
Part II. Flying free
Extinction
Hiding
Fear
Apple day
Memorial
Drugs
Magical places
The flight of time
The new world
Winter histories
Enter spring
The moving earth
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2014
"Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, 2014"--Cover