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Recovery

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Recovery

By Helen Macdonald

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About the book

The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life. How do we carry on when someone close to us dies? Is it simply a case of putting one foot in front of the other in a bleak new world or do we need something more? Reeling with grief after the sudden death of her father, Helen Macdonald found herself turning to the wild for comfort. With breathtaking honesty and insight, she recounts her months spent taming a goshawk and how, fi...Show more

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9781784875473

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published year

2019

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1

Original title

Recovery

Format

Paperback

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