Octobers’ Zoom Book Discussion will be on H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald, When Helen Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated.  An experienced falconer captivated by hawks since childhood, she had never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators: the goshawk.  But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk’s fierce and feral anger mirrored her own.  Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel….Projecting herself “in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her” tested the limits of her humanity.  By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement, a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, and the story of an eccentric falconer and legendary writer.  Weaving together obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history, the book is a surprising blend of nature writing and memoir.