Take Off at Dusk
About This Novel
In Taking Off at Dusk, Helen Macdonald brings together her most popular essays, as well as new ones, on topics such as nostalgia for a lost countryside, the ordeal of raising ostriches, and her own private evening prayers as she tried to fall asleep. Meditating on concepts of captivity and freedom, migration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing songbirds migrating through Tribute of Light from the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, searching for the last orioles in Suffolk's aspen groves. She writes with clarity about wild boars, swifts, mushroom foraging, migraines, the oddities of bird's nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find in observing wildlife. One of the century's most important and insightful nature writers, this is a fascinating and important book about observation, obsession, time, memory, love and loss, and how we make sense of the world around us.
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