Rebecca K. O'Connor

Captivated by a chance meeting with a falconer's peregrine as a child, the indelible memory leads the author to flying a peregrine falcon of her own and discovering that the journey is not as much about training the falcon as what it is the falcon has to teach her. Lift asks universal questions through ... (more)the unique perspective of a woman chasing her heart in the wake of a wayward falcon. "O'Connor (Falcon's Return) crafts a lyrical tribute to the spiritual connection between humans and birds in this memoir .... O'Connor packs a lot of intelligence, poise and feeling into a few pages, making this a consistently rewarding read." ~ Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, November 2009

Sometimes a chance encounter can change your life forever. When Rebecca O’Connor was a child she met a falconer’s peregrine and found it captivating. “Lift” is not simply the story of one woman’s desire to understand and control her world through the art of falconry—it is the story of holding ... (more)on, of letting go, of recognizing and allowing competing forces in our own lives to sustain and shape us. Predator and prey, what is loved and what is hated, what we must accept and what we must reject—each of these dichotomies become O’Connor’s quarry in this poignant memoir.