by Bob Kolker | Apr 28, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
“Hidden Valley Road is an extraordinary scientific detective story and family saga, and it sheds light on a topic too many of us face: mental illness. Robert Kolker ushers us into the world of the Galvin family in a very intimate way. Reading their story shows us the...
by Bob Kolker | Apr 28, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
“Kolker carefully reconstructs the story of the household falling into bedlam as the strong, athletic brothers warred with their demons and one another in flights of violent rage, each one slipping further away … Kolker tells their story with great compassion,...
by Bob Kolker | Apr 28, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
“Drawing on untapped archives and extensive interviews with the surviving Galvins, Kolker gives us a tale like no other. As he writes in the book’s conclusion, ‘To be a member of the Galvin family is to never stop tripping on land mines of family history, buried in...
by TomSeltzer | Jan 31, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
“Hidden Valley Road contains everything: scientific intrigue, meticulous reporting, startling revelations, and, most of all, a profound sense of humanity. It is that rare book that can be read again and again.”
by TomSeltzer | Jan 30, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
“Hidden Valley Road raises the bar on what is possible in narrative nonfiction. A marvel of reportage, research, and style, Robert Kolker dives into the exceptional story of one family besieged by humanity’s most mysterious malady. Kolker writes about the Galvin...
by TomSeltzer | Jan 29, 2020 | Blurb, Featured
“An extraordinary case study and tour de force of reporting.”
