{"product_id":"hidden-valley-road-inside-the-mind-of-an-american-family-hardcover","title":"Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Kolker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e ONE OF \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The 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\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness.\" --Oprah Winfrey \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After 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. 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 ten Galvin boys, one after another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their 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. And 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love, and hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eROBERT KOLKER is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLost Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Notable Books and one of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Top Ten Books of 2013. As a journalist, his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, GQ, O \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, and \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal.\u003c\/i\u003e He is a National Magazine Award finalist and a recipient of the 2011 Harry Frank Guggenheim Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51991511400749,"sku":"9780385543767","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UG90bTQ0MnUzNE5YTUFmRkhKZDVadz09.webp?v=1776309424","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/hidden-valley-road-inside-the-mind-of-an-american-family-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}