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A review by rhondaraider
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
A Masterpiece
There's nothing new under the sun, it's said, but H Is for Hawk is an exception. Helen McDonald weaves beautiful prose about her recovery from the grief of her father's death, the art and science of being an austringer (like a falconer but with a hawk), and the tortured life of T.S. White, author of The Once and Future King and Sword in the Stone. These unlikely themes all come together to create something remarkable. I look forward to re-reading all the many passages I highlighted for their insights about being human, their descriptions of nature, or simply the beauty of their composition. Side note: I love Helen McDonald's vocabulary. The Scrabble player in me delightedly looked up all the never-before-seen words and was crushed to realize that the Kindle app doesn't remember looked-up words the way my Kindle reader did.
There's nothing new under the sun, it's said, but H Is for Hawk is an exception. Helen McDonald weaves beautiful prose about her recovery from the grief of her father's death, the art and science of being an austringer (like a falconer but with a hawk), and the tortured life of T.S. White, author of The Once and Future King and Sword in the Stone. These unlikely themes all come together to create something remarkable. I look forward to re-reading all the many passages I highlighted for their insights about being human, their descriptions of nature, or simply the beauty of their composition. Side note: I love Helen McDonald's vocabulary. The Scrabble player in me delightedly looked up all the never-before-seen words and was crushed to realize that the Kindle app doesn't remember looked-up words the way my Kindle reader did.