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Online Nonfiction Book Group

Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

2021-06-16 10:00:00 2021-06-16 11:00:00 America/New_York Online Nonfiction Book Group Featuring distinctive, eccentric true stories that fuel great conversations and life lessons, our Online Nonfiction Book Group's monthly discussions span the full spectrum of topics. Online Programs -

Wednesday, June 16
10:00am - 11:00am

Add to Calendar 2021-06-16 10:00:00 2021-06-16 11:00:00 America/New_York Online Nonfiction Book Group Featuring distinctive, eccentric true stories that fuel great conversations and life lessons, our Online Nonfiction Book Group's monthly discussions span the full spectrum of topics. Online Programs -

Featuring distinctive, eccentric true stories that fuel great conversations and life lessons, our Online Nonfiction Book Group's monthly discussions span the full spectrum of topics.

Meetings take place via Zoom. Registered participants will be emailed meeting information prior to the event starting.

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

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Don 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 the other, were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen to one family? What 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 Institutes 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 amidst 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. With clarity and compassion, bestselling and award-winning author Robert Kolker uncovers one family's unforgettable legacy of suffering, love and hope

AGE GROUP: | Adults (18+) |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Groups |

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Hours
We're closed Sunday March 31 due to Easter
Mon, Mar 25 12:00AM to 11:30PM
Tue, Mar 26 12:00AM to 11:30PM
Wed, Mar 27 12:00AM to 11:30PM
Thu, Mar 28 12:00AM to 11:30PM
Fri, Mar 29 12:00AM to 11:30PM
Sat, Mar 30 12:00AM to 11:30PM
Sun, Mar 31 Closed
(Easter)

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