One of her six favorite books that feature animals, as shared at The Week magazine:H Is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldRead about another entry on the list.
This enthralling and inventive book was born out of grief. As part of her response to the sudden death of her father, Macdonald threw herself into the famously difficult undertaking of training a goshawk. Part nature writing, part personal history, part literary criticism, it's an utterly original work — almost a new genre.
H Is for Hawk is among Sam Miller's top ten books about fathers, Barack Obama's summer 2016 reading list, Jeffrey Lent's top ten books about justice and redemption, and Alex Hourston’s ten top unlikely friendships in literature.
--Marshal Zeringue
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