H Is for Hawk

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize Named the Costa Book of the Year 1 bestseller in the UK When Helen Macdonalds father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconerHelen had been captivated by hawks since childhoodshed never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawks fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T.H. Whites chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself in the hawks wild mind to tame her tested the limits of Macdonalds humanity and changed her life.