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This is a touching true story about one woman's grapples with life and death after her father's passing, by way of a relationship with a goshawk she adopts, the only being she can seem to relate to or interact with as she tries to cope with insurmountable grief. Goshawks are one of nature's most ferocious hunters, and so in this way this fierce and raw presence in her life comes to represent both life and death.
Helen is already an experienced falconer by the time Mabel enters her life, but she ...more
Helen is already an experienced falconer by the time Mabel enters her life, but she ...more
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