Stephen McGann
Författare till Flesh and Blood: A History of My Family in Seven Maladies
Verk av Stephen McGann
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1963-02-02
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- England
- Land (för karta)
- UK
- Födelseort
- Kensington, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Utbildning
- Imperial College London (Master's|Science Communication)
- Yrken
- actor
author
science communicator - Relationer
- McGann, Joe (sibling)
McGann, Paul (sibling)
McGann, Mark (sibling)
Thomas, Heidi [1] (spouse)
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Listor
Statistik
- Verk
- 4
- Medlemmar
- 58
- Popularitet
- #284,346
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 3
- ISBN
- 9
So, it took a long time for me to return to reading this account of a family's history, as seen through the lens of illness, notably hunger, pestilence, exposure, trauma, breathlessness, heart problems and necrosis.
It's a tough list of diseases to write about, but McGann does it wonderfully. That his immediate and extended family have been touched not just by Hillsborough, but also by the sinking of the Titanic and the Alder Hey children's hospital scandal, is very unfortunate, but the lessons he draws from each, and from other episodes in his family's lives, are truly inspiring and the mark of a mature and thoughtful writer.
I want to say that this is family history writ large. It is, but at the same time it is more than that: it is family history writ well.
Recommended.… (mer)