Whistle and I'll Come to You (The Woman in Black).

127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place.

Young and Dylexic? You've Got it Going On.

Beyond the Sky and Earth: a Journey into Bhutan.

I don't think I can improve on the above statements.Īt this moment I cannot recall rereading books & changing. I think JLPen77 says it pretty well - I like the examples given to support the thoughts.Īs joanp says: Maturity changes your outlook. How do Helen's views on White's book evolve over time? What books have you changed your mind about over the years?

I agree that in this passage Helen recognizes the nurturing and love of her father as she realizes Mabel is a child that she has nurtured: ' A baby hawk that's just worked out who she is.' And. The comments in this string were very helpful to me. Helen helps Mabel pluck the pheasant as 'unconsciously as a mother helping a child with her dinner,' but then, as the hawk eats, she starts to cry. By imagining how Mabel and White's hawk Gos lived, thought, and hunted, her life rebounded, - Windsong I felt her grief drove her to enter the Mabel's world because her grief was so profound. I don't remember the particular quote either, but I think it expresses some hope that Helen herself will eventually see the beautiful and 'right' things in the world. If it had been listed as fiction, I would have questioned the deep connection to her father and her self imposed exile, I think I might have found it too tedious. I knew it was non fiction so I expected it to be a memoir.

Here are some of the comments posted about H is for Hawk. Please be aware that this discussion guide may contain spoilers! Obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from an outstanding literary innovator. Heart-wrenching and humorous, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement and a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, with a parallel examination of a legendary writer's eccentric falconry. Projecting herself 'in the hawk's wild mind to tame her' tested the limits of Macdonald's humanity and changed her life. White's chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. 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. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk's fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. An experienced falconerHelen had been captivated by hawks since childhoodshe'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated.

H is for hawk by helen macdonald