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Title: Irritable Hearts

Subtitle: A PTSD Love Story

Author: Mac McClelland

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-24-15

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs

Publisher's Summary:

In 2010, human rights reporter Mac McClelland left Haiti after covering the lingering devastation of the earthquake. Back home, McClelland finds herself imagining vivid scenes of violence. She can't sleep or stop crying. It becomes clear that she is suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, triggered by her trip and seemingly exacerbated by her experiences in the other charged places she'd reported from, places from where she thought she'd escaped emotionally unscathed. The bewilderment about this sudden loss of self-control is magnified by her feelings for Nico, a French soldier she met in Haiti who, despite their brief connection, seems to have found a place in her confused heart.

With inspiring fearlessness, McClelland sets out to repair her broken psyche. Investigating her own illness and the history of PTSD, she discovers she is not alone: traumatic events have sweeping influence. While we most often connect it to veterans, PTSD is more often caused by other manner of trauma and can even be contagious--close proximity to those afflicted can trigger it in those around them. As McClelland confronts the realities of her disorder, she learns to open her heart to the love that seems to have found her at an inopportune moment.

Vivid, suspenseful, and intimate, Irritable Hearts is an unforgettable exploration of vulnerability and resilience, control and acceptance, and a compelling story of survival that expands the definition of what trauma is and offers powerful hope for those who need to work through it.

Members Reviews:

My husband bought this book for me the day I ...

My husband bought this book for me the day I read the Mother Jones interview highlighting the release of this book. Since I also have PTSD, he thought it would help me, and he was correct. I stumbled upon Judith Herman's book, Trauma And Recovery years ago, comforted at the time to read stories of women who to my surprise, followed similar paths of self destruction, self medication, and dissociation. While immersing myself over the past two days in Irritable Hearts, I find the same comfort, acceptance, and validation in reading the very raw and brutally honest experiences McClelland so eloquently breathes to life in a narrative of vibrant imagery and exceptional courage. This story is fast paced, at times frenetic, entertaining, and full of triggers, yet simultaneously cathartic in a way perhaps only someone with chronic PTSD could relate to. McClelland writes so vividly, I felt at times as if I was walking beside her in the abhorrently inhumane conditions she witnessed, as well as the complicated struggle in the overwhelmingly unanticipated aftermath. I felt compelled to write a review of what I have read to express my gratitude for her willingness to endure all of the negativity and scorn that will inevitably come her way. As a fellow survivor, it is my opinion that sharing our stories has the potential to enable those of us who are challenged by this controversial subject to feel empowered to recognize and acknowledge similar patterns, cultivate acceptance of our struggle, as well as reject the stigma associated with PTSD. The message that one can find peace and healing over time through treatment, in whatever form that may take, is empowering for me personally.