The Resource Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
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The item Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the dream. After World War II, Don's work with the US 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 were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen in 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 shocking story also offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy and the premise of the schizophrenogenic mother, to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amidst profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. Unknown to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment and even the possibility of the 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Vintage Canada edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 377 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735274457
- Label
- Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family
- Title
- Hidden Valley Road
- Title remainder
- inside the mind of an American family
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Kolker
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the dream. After World War II, Don's work with the US 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 were diagnosed as schizophrenic. How could all this happen in 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 shocking story also offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy and the premise of the schizophrenogenic mother, to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amidst profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. Unknown to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment and even the possibility of the 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kolker, Robert
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Schizophrenics
- Schizophrenics
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
- Control code
- on1110621289
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Vintage Canada edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 377 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735274457
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photos
- Label
- Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family, Robert Kolker
- Control code
- on1110621289
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Vintage Canada edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 377 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735274457
- Other physical details
- illustrations, photos
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Brodie Resource LibraryBorrow it216 S. Brodie St, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 1C2, CA48.381806 -89.246333
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Mary J. L. Black BranchBorrow it901 S. Edward St, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7E 6R2, CA48.371764 -89.278579
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Waverley Resource LibraryBorrow it285 Red River Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 1A9, CA48.436426 -89.223125
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