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23%OFFHelen Macdonald - H is for Hawk: The Sunday Times bestseller and Costa and Samuel Johnson Prize Winner - 9780099575450 - 9780099575450
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H is for Hawk: The Sunday Times bestseller and Costa and Samuel Johnson Prize Winner

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Description for H is for Hawk: The Sunday Times bestseller and Costa and Samuel Johnson Prize Winner Paperback. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. This is a book about memory, nature and nation, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WNCB; WSXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.

Discover the number one bestselling phenomenon that is a powerful and profound mediation on grief expressed through the trials of training a goshawk.

**WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR**
** WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**

As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books. Years later, when her father died and she was struck deeply by grief, she became obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She bought Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and took her home ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099575450
SKU
9780099575450
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Helen Macdonald
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, naturalist and historian of science. Their books include H is for Hawk, which won many prizes including the Costa Book of the Year and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, and the Sunday Times bestselling Vesper Flights. They live in Suffolk with their two parrots.

Reviews for H is for Hawk: The Sunday Times bestseller and Costa and Samuel Johnson Prize Winner
This beautiful book is at once heartfelt and clever in the way it mixes elegy with celebration: elegy for a father lost, celebration of a hawk found - and in the finding also a celebration of countryside, forbears of one kind and another, life-in-death. At a time of very distinguished writing about the relationship between human kind and the environment, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for H is for Hawk: The Sunday Times bestseller and Costa and Samuel Johnson Prize Winner


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