A fascinating and powerful read, moving between wonderful moments of nature and deep dark times of grief-driven near-madness and obsession. For me it captured that sense of unmooring one feels after the death of a parent and how Macdonald tried to gather meaning back into her life by devoting itself into the training of a goshawk. Rich and lyrical prose captures the feeling of being out in the eastern countryside and the freedom that can be found there to leave an old self behind. A book that will speak to people in different ways, just as the story of TH White resonates with Macdonald through their shared belief in the power of a hawk to make them whole.