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Falcon

by Helen MacDonald

A memoir detailing the process of training a goshawk as a response to sudden bereavement. It examines the relationship between the wildness of the predator and the experience of grief, drawing on the history and literature of falconry.

Accession 2033 ISBN 1861892381 Publisher —
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