When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was
devastated. An experienced falconer—Helen had been captivated by hawks
since childhood—she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most
vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the
goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to
purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss,
she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of
The Once and Future King author T.H. White's chronicle
The Goshawk
to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself "in the hawk's
wild mind to tame her" tested the limits of Macdonald's humanity and
changed her life.
Heart-wrenching and humorous, this book is an
unflinching account of bereavement and a unique look at the magnetism of
an extraordinary beast, with a parallel examination of a legendary
writer's eccentric falconry. Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and
history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and
memoir from an outstanding literary innovator.
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