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H Is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald, 2014

Samuel Johnson Prize, 2014.

Grief, and training a goshawk. Fierce and tender.

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  1. How did training the hawk help the author through grief, and what did it cost her?
  2. What did the book teach you about grief that you didn't know before?
  3. Why do you think wildness can comfort people?

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