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H is for Hawk

by Helen Macdonald (b. 1970)

In the anthology extract from her memoir, Macdonald, whose father has died, meets the goshawk she has come to collect from a breeder, prefers the smaller bird meant for someone else, and asks to swap.

GriefNature and the wildRecognitionLoss of composure

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Rights notice: © Helen Macdonald 2014, reproduced in the anthology by permission of The Random House Group and Grove/Atlantic. Quotations are short fair-dealing extracts under CDPA 1988 §30 (criticism, review, quotation). For full text, students should consult the anthology (ISBN 978-1-446-93108-0), which Pearson publishes free as a PDF.

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4EA1 Component 1 (Unit 1) Section A. All ten are compulsory.

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Part 1 of the anthology, page 19.

Source: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology, Issue 8, February 2026 (read 2026-09-19).

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