Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker

Book Overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY - 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.

"Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038554376X
• ISBN13: 9780385543767
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

The mind is a powerful force.

Still reading this book; biological, chemical, and genetics. This is a true story about illness and stigma. Everyone in the world is dysfunctional, imho.