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I feel like this could review two books…

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

July 12, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

The book club I’m part of read this the month before I joined, and so it had always been on my TBR list, just because I caught the tail end of their conversation. I found it at a discount book sale, and picked it up right away. It’s the story of Helen, who, as a girl became obsessed with falconry. She learned the lingo, observed other falconers, and read all the books – including TH White’s The Goshawk. When her father dies in her adulthood, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Anne Helen Petersen, falconry, Goshawk, grief, h is for hawk, loss

kella's CBR11 Review No:21 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Anne Helen Petersen, falconry, Goshawk, grief, h is for hawk, loss ·
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On Bereavement and Raptors

May 4, 2016 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Helen Macdonald’s memoir H Is for Hawk received outstanding reviews and several prestigious awards last year. It is the beautifully written story of her grief after her father’s sudden death, the depression that followed, and her attempt to lose herself in falconry. Macdonald is a member of the research faculty at Cambridge University’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and her skills as both researcher and historian are on display throughout the book. She weaves her personal story into the larger world of falconry […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: CBR8, ElCicco, h is for hawk, helen macdonald, Non-Fiction, ReadWomen, TH White

ElCicco's CBR8 Review No:22 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: CBR8, ElCicco, h is for hawk, helen macdonald, Non-Fiction, ReadWomen, TH White ·
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A Tale of Love, Loss and Hawks

April 28, 2016 by expandingbookshelf 1 Comment

I’m not sure how to review this book. I’m not even sure how to categorize it. Is it about a woman’s depression following the unexpected death of her father? About an intense relationship between woman and hawk? About the seemingly impossible projects we like to focus on when confronted with an unbearable reality? I guess those descriptions are all close, but they don’t seem like enough when trying to explain Helen MacDonald’s stellar H is for Hawk. Here’s the inadequate summary: After her photographer father’s […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, biography, h is for hawk, helen macdonald, nature

expandingbookshelf's CBR8 Review No:57 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, biography, h is for hawk, helen macdonald, nature ·
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So. Fucking. Good.

October 22, 2015 by yesknopemaybe 2 Comments

Well this little gem of a memoir is definitely making my end of year best books list. I usually view nonfiction as a (sometimes enjoyable) chore, but this one latched onto my heart and wouldn’t let go. Macdonald’s writing is both electric and soothing. Apparently she’s written poetry in the past and from her lyrical writing style, I can believe it. This woman has a way with words. And birds. H is for Hawk is about the year after her father died when she became […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, falconing, h is for hawk, helen macdonald, nature, Non-Fiction, t. h. white

yesknopemaybe's CBR7 Review No:55 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, falconing, h is for hawk, helen macdonald, nature, Non-Fiction, t. h. white ·
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