H is for hawk
Macdonald, Helen, 1970-2014
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'In real life, goshawks resemble sparrowhawks the way leopards resemble housecats. Bigger, yes. But bulkier, bloodier, deadlier, scarier, and much, much harder to see. Birds of deep woodland, not gardens, they're the birdwatchers' dark grail.' As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, 'The Goshawk', which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. This book 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.
Main title:
H is for hawk / Helen Macdonald.
Author:
Macdonald, Helen, 1970-, author
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2014.London : Jonathan Cape, 2014.
Collation:
300 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780224097000 (hbk)
Dewey class:
598.944598.944 MAC598.944MAC
Local class:
598.944 MAC
Language:
English
BRN:
1587000