Pink Fiction Club

 I  have heard about ' H is for Hawk ' by Helen Macdonald quite some time ago , when one of my favorite contemporary authors , Lana Bastasic , recommended this novel is one of her interviews . Given how much I love Bastasic ' s work , I decided to put it on my TBR . In the meantime , I have also listened to a podcast with Macdonald where she talked about the inspiration behind this rather unusual novel and decided to finally buy it . However , despite the intriguing premise and author ' s undeniable talent , I cannot say I really enjoyed the experience of reading this book . ' H is for Hawk ' is a memoir , following the sudden death of author ' s father and her decision to train goshawk , one of the most vicious predator among the birds . Macdonald is an experienced falconer , but she has never trained goshawk before , due to their rath...