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An memoir of mental illness in the tradition of the bestselling An Unquiet Mind
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. 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.
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Kelly Sellers
reviewed Scattershot: My Bipolar Family on December 26, 2008 Scattershot: My Bipolar Family
I am a teacher of students who have been diagnosed as bipolar. I am also a friend and family member who has had first-hand experience with the conflict that occurs when faith collides with an illness that is difficult, if not impossible, to understand/explain/treat/cure. As such, I found this book invaluable. The author poignantly depicts the effects of this illness on his own life as well as the lives of his family and friends. He is brutally honest, as well as thoughtful and thorough. It is a must-read for anyone who wants to honestly understand this illness and it's effects. As a personal aside, I also grew up going to Peniel, and the author's depiction of the camp is every bit what I remember it to be, down to the songs sung at the Olive Yard, in a much more innocent time.
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