H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk

Helen Macdonald

300 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

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As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spir...

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Moods

reflective 87%
emotional 78%
informative 50%
sad 45%
hopeful 27%
inspiring 24%
dark 22%
adventurous 21%
challenging 20%
relaxing 5%
tense 5%
funny 4%
mysterious 3%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 39%
fast 1%

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