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H is for hawk

Helen Macdonald
ID 285811
Slug h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald
Contributors
Author : Helen Macdonald
Annotation Now in paperback, this memoir won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Macdonald recounts how she dealt with the death of her father by training a goshawk, in a book which combines autobiography, nature writing and the exploration of myths and literature, as she weaves the story of novelist T.H. White into her narrative. 'A deeply human work shot through... with intelligence and compassion...' Melissa Harrison, }Financial Times
Description Discover the number one bestselling phenomenon that is a powerful and profound mediation on grief expressed through the trials of training a goshawk. As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic books.
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300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
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Publisher Vintage UK
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Language eng
Page count 300
Duration
Publication date first 2015-02-10
Publication date latest 2015-02-20
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  • ISBN: 9780099575450 (BC)

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