I saw that NYRB tweeted about the new quote page for The Peregrine recently. It reminded me of the wonderful book by Helen Macdonald called H is for Hawk (and the notes I wrote down about the book sometime in September 2016). – I read H Is For Hawk, in the midst of reaching for answers and missing them in a vacuum, much like the tone of the book. In the book, the author Helen Macdonald loses her father suddenly and misses him — his memories, his voice, and his presence in her life — and feels the pain of his absence, deeply and indelibly. She turns to falconry, rearing a Goshawk — a left-over dream of an 8-year old girl who…
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