Hidden Valley Road inside the mind of an American family

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. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Forc...

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Main Author: Kolker, Robert (Author)
Other Authors: Pratt, Sean (Narrator)
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Language:English
Published: New York : Random House Audio, 2020.
Edition:Unabridged.
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