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Mac McClelland

Teoksen Irritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story tekijä

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Sisältää nimet: Mat McLelland, Mac McClelland

Erotteluhuomautus:

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

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Associated Works

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

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Muut nimet
Mac, Gabriel
Sukupuoli
male
Ammatit
journalist
Organisaatiot
Mother Jones
Erotteluhuomautus
As of 2019, this author's name is now Gabriel Mac.

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Brave, inspiring, and incredible writing.
 
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LizzK | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | 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.… (lisätietoja)
 
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nancyjean19 | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | 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.… (lisätietoja)
 
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LizBurkhart | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 5, 2019 |
Searingly honest. A hard read, but a good one, I think.
 
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jeninmotion | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 24, 2018 |

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