Books
by Helen Macdonald
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H is for Hawk |
Not a handbook on how to train a hawk, let alone a goshawk but a beautifully written account of the author's coming to terms with the loss of her father through the process of understanding and gaining the trust of a wild predator. The stages of the bird's development mirror the stages of her grieving until the moment when it is introduced to its adult home and she finds she can now face her own future.
(James Baker - bwl 76 Spring 2015) |
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Vesper Flights, New and Collected Essays |
For me the word Essay is too formal for what is a series of deeply personal snapshots of the author's thoughts and experiences triggered by her deep love of nature, her powers of observation and her ability to make us feel that we are part of the natural world she so tellingly depicts. We are introduced to places she loves and to the people associated with those places. This book is a delight, as much about people as about nature, and it is both informative and often very moving.
(Jeremy Freeman - bwl 100 Spring 2021) |
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