H is for hawk
Macdonald, Helen, 1970-2015
Book
This book is the Winner of the Costa Book of the Year and Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. 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 her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for GBP800 on a Scottish quayside and took her home to Cambridge, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald's struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming and her own untaming. This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and how it might be possible to reconcile death with life and love.
Main title:
H is for hawk / Helen Macdonald.
Author:
Macdonald, Helen, 1970-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2015.©2014
Collation:
300 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2014.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
0099575450 (paperback)9780099575450 (paperback)
Dewey class:
598.944
Language:
English
Related title:
H is for Hawk [electronic resource]
BRN:
132732
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 598.944 MACD | On loan - Due: 07 Jul 2026 |
| Southbank Library | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 598.944 MACD | On loan - Due: 01 Jul 2026 |