Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

By Robert Kolker

An Oprah's Book Club pick and #1 New York Times bestseller, Hidden Valley Road is the true medical detective story of an American family who became science's greatest hope in the quest to understand schizophrenia.

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400 pages

Average rating: 7.53

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PaigePink11
Mindblowing
MauveSoul8099
10/10 stars
fascinating and heartbreaking
Linnycec
7/10 stars
Wild family experience with 6/12 kids diagnosed with schizophrenia. Reads like a story but every other chapter educates on schizophrenia research and treatments during that time period. Interesting but trigger warning for family mental health trauma and abuse.
uberburber
Alicia's pick; Stacey hosted
KiaRosyReader
8/10 stars
Plentiful of characters to remember.

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