

“One of the things that grief does is really shatter the idea of a narrative,” Macdonald told The Guardian in an interview, although her book is compelling evidence that grief can enable literary genres to transcend their structure. White, and Macdonald's family, and the prose is airtight, leaving little room for readers to transition between narratives.

She intertwines chapters about birds of prey, a 1930s author named T.H. Macdonald’s book, the 2014 winner of both the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Costa Book of the Year Award, is an account of how the author recovers from the sudden loss of her father by adopting and training a goshawk. The Best Time-Management Advice Is Depressing But Liberating Joe Pinsker
