Hidden Valley Road - Robert Kolker
Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Tags: Autobiography & Biographies
12 children., 6 of them diagnosed with schizophrenia., Sciences greatest hope in understanding the disease., One of Barack Obamas Favourite Books of 2020, TIME 100 Must-Read Books Of 2020 Pick, New York Times best seller, Selected as Oprahs Book Club Pick, For fans of Educated, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Three Identical Strangers., Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Dons work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their 12 children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965. In those years, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins - aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony - and they worked hard to play their parts. But behind the scenes was a different story: psychological breakdown, sudden shocking violence, hidden abuse. By the mid-1970s, six of the 10 Galvin boys, one after the other, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happ
