Book Discussion: Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

Unlike the usual BYOB format of this group, this is an assigned reading format. You are expected to have read some of the book to join the discussion :)

About the book:

# 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 Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom. 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 another, were diagnosed as schizophrenic.

"Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness." —Oprah Winfrey

Note:

• location subject to change but we'll keep it around Central District.
• You are expected to buy something at the venue.
• First timer attendees are requested to contribute 20HKD to funding the Meetup Group Subscription.
• No-Shows make the host sad (please update your attendance)