Scattershot
My Bipolar Family
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · November 24, 2009
The Glass Castle meets An Unquiet Mind in a mesmerizing, loving memoir about growing up in a family plagued by bipolar disorder.
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- Who it’s for
- A vivid, wry family memoir meets the hard questions of bipolar disorder without looking away.
- Genres
- Bipolar Disorder, Personal Memoirs, Dysfunctional Families
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, November 24, 2009
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The Glass Castle meets An Unquiet Mind in a mesmerizing, loving memoir about growing up in a family plagued by bipolar disorder. Scattershot is David Lovelace's poignant, humorous, and vivid account of bipolar disorder's effects on his family, and his gripping exploits as he spent his life running from—and finally learning to embrace—the madness imprinted on his genes.
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Four out of five people in David Lovelace's immediate family have experienced bipolar disorder, including David himself. In 1986, his father, his brother, and David himself were all committed in quick succession. Only his sister has escaped the disease. A coming-of-age story punctuated by truly harrowing experiences, this devastating and empathetic portrait of the Lovelace family strips away the shame associated with bipolar disorder—a disease that affects approximately 5.7 million adult Americans—and celebrates the profound creative gifts that come with it.
Humor, Without Evasion
A vivid, wry family memoir meets the hard questions of bipolar disorder without looking away.
Come here for
- A candid family portrait, with humor beside harrowing moments
- A memoir that approaches bipolar disorder without reducing a family to diagnosis
Expect
- A coming-of-age story shaped by illness, shame, and hard-won acceptance
- An empathetic account that also celebrates creativity
Where it sits
| Personal Memoirs | 56% |
|---|---|
| Bipolar Disorder | 48% |
| Dysfunctional Families | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in Medicine
- Personal Memoirs
- Bipolar Disorder
- Authors
- David Lovelace
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- November 24, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Lives in Medicine