![]() 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 falconer-Helen had been captivated by hawks since childhood-she'd never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. * Winner the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize* #1 Bestseller in the UK When Helen Macdonald's father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. ![]()
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