H is for Hawk.

 I read the book when it came out a few years ago and it’s a poignant story about the - deep sense of grief and loss after the death of the beloved father. The author Helen McDonald, channeled her loss by adopting and training a beautiful, but wild goshawk. She takes us on an intimate and personal journey about - how she came to terms will the loss of her father. It’s a strong cast with Claire Foy playing the devastated daughter Helen. The father is the redoubtable Brendan Gleeson, the larger than life gregarious chap. He had introduced her to falconer years before when she was younger. The mother was a thoughtful and deeply expressed by Lindsay Duncan. The drama is set in the. Cambridgeshire countryside against the background of Jesus College, where Helen teaches. The star role is of course for the goshawk Mabel, who embodies the very essence of - raw and unsentimental nature. My score three stars.