An absolutely brilliant memoir. It has expanded my world into one that contains hawks and falcons, creances and jesses, and a brotherhood (and I use that term inclusively) of falconers. Macdonald weaves the life of T.H. White into her own, and shows how a human's relationship with a bird of prey can heal emotional wounds (even as it sometimes causes physical ones.) I feel as if I've been privy to the goings on of a secret society, one that I can never join but nonetheless am completely enthralled by. 
 Helen Macdonald will be the guest at TIFF's final Books in Film screening tomorrow night and I am thrilled to be able to hear her speak.