H Is for Hawk

Helen MacDonald | 3.87 | 62,121 ratings and reviews

Recommended by Barack Obama, Gail Kelly, Nick Pyenson, and 4 others. See all reviews

Ranked #2 in Bird, Ranked #4 in Birdwatching — see more rankings.

Winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize, New York Times Bestseller, Named the Amazon Best Book of the Month for March 2015, #1 Bestseller in the UK, H IS FOR HAWK by Helen Macdonald. Magnificent, splendid memoirs woven with nature and a healing process of grief from the bereavement of her beloved father. In Korean. Annotation copyright Tsai Fong Books, Inc. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc. less

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Reviews and Recommendations

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Barack Obama Former USA PresidentJust like us, the president enjoys a good beach read while relaxing in the sun. In 2016, he released his list of summer vacation books: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, William Finnegan H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins Seveneves, Neal Stephenson The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead (Source)

Gail Kelly Former CEO/ WestpacRecommends this book (Source)

Nick Pyenson H is for Hawk feels like the definitive statement on hawks for the modern times, and I think its success has a lot to do with how well Macdonald tied her inquiry into the life of a hawk with her own personal experience and journey. (Source)

Diana Kimball Recommends this book

Rankings by Category

H Is for Hawk is ranked in the following categories:

#40 in Animal Behavior
#30 in Animals
#80 in Field
#10 in Grief
#53 in Memoir
#13 in Nature
#16 in Wildlife
#30 in Zoology

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