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Helen Macdonald

“Here’s a word. Bereavement. Or, Bereaved. Bereft. It’s from the Old English bereafian, meaning ‘to deprive of, take away, seize, rob’. Robbed. Seized. It happens to everyone. But you feel it alone. Shocking loss isn’t to be shared, no matter how hard you try.”

Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk
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H is for Hawk H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
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