by TomSeltzer | Jan 6, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
One family’s history reveals the mystery of schizophrenia. In a riveting and disquieting narrative, Kolker (Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery, 2013) interweaves a biography of the Galvin family with a chronicle of medicine’s treatment of, and...
by TomSeltzer | Jan 5, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
Kolker’s subject, the Galvins, were extraordinary: Six of their 12 children received a diagnosis of schizophrenia, giving scientists hope in the 1970s that the family could help unlock their understanding of the disease. Kolker tells their story with compassion and...
by TomSeltzer | Dec 23, 2019 | Blurb
“Hidden Valley Road offers a combination of two things that are often in short supply in storytelling about schizophrenia—rigorous research and deep compassion for all involved. In clear and insightful prose, Kolker spins an utterly absorbing tale of one family...
