Helpful Score: 1
As a way of dealing with the grief of her father's death, Helen Macdonald seizes upon the idea of training a goshawk she names Mabel. T H White enters the story because his memoir titled The Goshawk is one of her inspirations. This book is part memoir, part biography, and part naturalist guide. Even in a context unfamiliar to me, Helen Macdonald's beautiful writing captures the emotions in a familiar and recognizable way. Therein lies the appeal of this book.
Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/01/h-is-for-hawk.html
Read my complete review at: http://www.memoriesfrombooks.com/2016/01/h-is-for-hawk.html
Helpful Score: 1
A bit tough to read. More of a prose of the womans feelings about her life and how it related to the taming of a Goshawk. Makes you wonder if keeping hawks it the right thing to do for these magnificent birds.
Helpful Score: 1
I had high expectations for this one, and it was amazing. The contrasts that Macdonald manages to hold in balance! Grief and savagery, science and literature, singlemindedness and insanity, bravery and panic, memory and immediacy, studied technique and desperation, commitment and unravelling. Honestly, this book was breathtaking. Highly recommended.
