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Recovery

Vintage Minis

Recovery( )
Author: Macdonald, Helen
Series title:Vintage Minis Ser.
ISBN:978-1-78487-547-3
Publication Date:Apr 2019
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Arrow
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $9.99
Book Description:

The hawk was everything I wanted to be- solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. How do we carry on when someone close to us dies? Is it simply a case of putting one foot in front of the other in a bleak new world or do we need something more? Reeling with grief after the sudden death of her father, Helen Macdonald found herself turning to the wild for comfort. With breathtaking honesty and insight, she...
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Book Details
Pages:144
Detailed Subjects: Nature / Animals / Birds
Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement
Religion / Spirituality
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):11.1 x 17.5 x 1.2 cm
Book Weight:0.102 Kilograms
Author Biography
Macdonald, Helen (Author)


Helen Macdonald is an English writer, naturalist and academic at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of H is for Hawk, which won the Samuel Johnson prize. This book is a depiction of the grief and depression she fell into after the sudden death of her father in 2007 and how she bounced back through falconry. H is for Hawk, which has just won the £20,000 prize, describes the year Macdonald spent training a goshawk. She writes about subsuming her grief in the relationship with the bird and trying to be like her: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. Her book is the first memoir to win the prize. She will be at the WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers Festival in 2015.

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