![]() ![]() But what has this to do with hawks? For Helen Macdonald, everything. It is also clear evidence that she was teetering on the edge of a mental collapse. Macdonald’s description of the grief that overcame her at her father’s death is truthful, pragmatic and frightening. I was immediately swept up into H Is for Hawk because of the splendid power of the language. In her memoir H Is for Hawk (Grove Press 2014) Helen Macdonald writes with staggering beauty and virtuosity about the deep grief that gripped her at the sudden death of her father, noted British photojournalist Alisdair Macdonald. The loss of someone who is dearly loved can cause the intense suffering of deep grief. Grief is a state of great sadness that is the normal response to a loss. ![]()
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