{"product_id":"hidden-valley-road-kolker-9780385543767","title":"Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eExtraordinary story and heart-wrenching book on the Galvin family.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA #1 New York Times Bestseller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOprah's Book Club Pick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of GQ's TOP 50 Books of Literary Journalism in the 21st Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Oprah Winfrey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDon and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. \u003c\/strong\u003eAfter World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom: the oldest born in 1945, the youngest in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the mid-1970s, six of the ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow could all this happen to one family?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat took place inside the house on \u003cstrong\u003eHidden Valley Road \u003c\/strong\u003ewas so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eWith clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author \u003cstrong\u003eRobert Kolker\u003c\/strong\u003e uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSummary:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family\u003c\/em\u003e is a 2020 non-fiction book by Robert Kolker. The book is an account of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a mid 20th-century American family with twelve children, six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48660908540219,"sku":"038554376X","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780385543767.jpg?v=1731213267","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/hidden-valley-road-kolker-9780385543767","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}