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

4.0

This was an extraordinary book about an extraordinary family. I can't even begin to imagine the everyday struggles, specifically the youngest boys and girls, had to experience living with schizophrenia, on top of the constant threat of believing you're going to be next to inherit the disease. This book does an amazing job at capturing each of the siblings' lives, specifically Margaret and Lindsey, who are true examples of thriving through trauma. I can't help but imagine that if the Galvins were born today they would've had a TLC show about them. Still, I couldn't stop reading this book, although I do wish there were a bit more personal memoirs from the siblings other than Margaret and Lindsey. Nevertheless, this book is another addition to the piles of literature that prove the mind is both a beautiful and horrible thing.