Nonfiction Book Discussion - "Hidden Valley Road" by Robert Kolker

Class & Event Types:

Books & More

Age Group:

Adults
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will open on August 19, 2025 @ 2:00pm.
  • A library card is not required.

Program Description

Event Details

Just after World War II, there was an established script for a family like the Galvins--aspiration, hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they worked hard to play their parts. 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. How could all this happen to one family?

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