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Mac McClelland

Autor(a) de Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story

2+ Works 111 Membros 8 Críticas

About the Author

Inclui os nomes: Mat McLelland, Mac McClelland

Disambiguation Notice:

(eng) As of 2019, this author's name is now Gabriel Mac.

Obras por Mac McClelland

Associated Works

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 237 exemplares
Pen and Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them (2014) — Contribuidor — 72 exemplares
The Best American Magazine Writing 2011 (2011) — Contribuidor — 36 exemplares
Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors (2014) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
The Best American Magazine Writing 2017 (2017) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
The Best Business Writing 2013 (2013) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Outros nomes
Mac, Gabriel
Sexo
male
Ocupações
journalist
Organizações
Mother Jones
Nota de desambiguação
As of 2019, this author's name is now Gabriel Mac.

Membros

Críticas

Brave, inspiring, and incredible writing.
 
Assinalado
LizzK | 6 outras críticas | Dec 8, 2023 |
An amazing read. The author not only shares her deeply personal story in a brutally honest way, but she also connects her life to a larger discussion about how women are treated in the world, and how often our experiences are dismissed. She shares everything she learns with the approach of "Can you freaking believe this?" I like how honest she is about her previous conceptions of PTSD and how hard those were to shake. I think she's also very aware of her own privileges, just as a white American with a good career. An important read for everyone to better understand the emotional minefields many walk through every day.… (mais)
 
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nancyjean19 | 6 outras críticas | Jun 3, 2020 |
Irritable Hearts is a memoir that is lost in vague textbook talk. The first half is painfully slow going with a mostly unexplained major event that triggers the author's PTSD. The rambling tale seems disjointed and I found myself rereading pages constantly to try to stay on track. The book evolves into a sort of autobiographical textbook saga which I found uninteresting and consistently difficult to read. While I certainly empathize with the author's struggle to find peace with her diagnosis, I found this to be an underwhelming psychological case study.… (mais)
 
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LizBurkhart | 6 outras críticas | Sep 5, 2019 |
Searingly honest. A hard read, but a good one, I think.
 
Assinalado
jeninmotion | 6 outras críticas | Sep 24, 2018 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
2
Also by
6
Membros
111
Popularidade
#175,484
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
8
ISBN
8

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