H Is for Hawk
By Helen Macdonald
288 pages;
Grove Press
Grief management by
way of falcon training, writer, poet and scholar Helen Macdonald returns to her
childhood obsession with birds of prey to cope with the unexpected death of her
father. Macdonald's exquisite inquiry into bereavement eventually brings her to
realize, "I'd wanted to fly with the hawk to find my father; find him and bring
him home." An intelligent, unexpected marvel.
— Sarah Meyer
