{"product_id":"h-is-for-hawk-2","title":"H IS FOR HAWK - Helen Macdonald","description":"\u003cp\u003e~ Standard Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e~ Winner of the Costa Book Award for Biography - 2014, the Foreign Book Prize for Novel - 2016, the Costa Book of the Year Award - 2014, and the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction - 2014\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/award\/show\/1318-costa-book-award\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeart-wrenching and humorous, \u003cem\u003eH is for Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching account of bereavement, a record of a spiritual journey, and a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, topped with a writer's eccentric falconry hobby.  What unfolds is an unflinchingly honest account of Helen Macdonald's own struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk's taming, and her own untaming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObsession, madness, memory, myth, and history combine in \u003cem\u003eH is for Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e to achieve a distinctive blend of nature writing and memoir from Helen Macdonald, an outstanding literary innovator who has combined nature and human nature with great originality.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA work of enormous spirit and wonder, \u003cem\u003eH is for Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e is not just a definitive work on falconry; it is a definitive work on humanity, and all that can and cannot be possessed.” -- \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRick Bass, author of\u003cem\u003e Winter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Ninemile Wolves\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Sky, The Stars, The Wilderness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50921535144188,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0532\/1166\/0466\/files\/20260324_131735_85ec3d16-6307-41df-9efe-af22061a37d5.jpg?v=1785944047","url":"https:\/\/gwbookstore-london.myshopify.com\/products\/h-is-for-hawk-2","provider":"Goodwill Bookstore - London Adelaide","version":"1.0","type":"link"}