Description
This book is about Helen Macdonald's childhood dream of becoming a falconer, her father's death, and her subsequent obsession with training her own goshawk.
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...