Scattershot (book)

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Scattershot: My Bipolar Family

First edition cover
Author	David Lovelace
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Nonfiction, memoir
Publisher	Dutton Adult
Publication date	4 September 2008
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	304 pp (Hardback edition)
ISBN	978-0-525-95078-3
OCLC	220420253
Dewey Decimal	616.89/5 22
LC Class	RC516 .L68 2008

Scattershot: My Bipolar Family is a 2008 memoir, written by American writer, carpenter, and former Montague Bookmill proprietor David Lovelace, published by Dutton Adult. Lovelace's memoir chronicles the challenges of growing up in a family in which four out of five members suffer from bipolar disorder, including Lovelace himself. Only his sister, who is a professional therapist, was spared the ravages of bipolar disorder, while both his parents, his brother, and himself, have suffered to differing degrees over the years.^[1][2][3]

Lovelace has written poetry, some of which has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Patterson Review's Allen Ginsberg Award. He currently resides in western Massachusetts with his wife and children.^[4]