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A review by barelyconcealed
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
4.0
In many ways this book is as much about the treatment of schizophrenia across the 20th century as it is about the pressures that are placed on girl children to be caretakers rather than simply children.
I liked this better than Kolker's previous work, but this ultimately is a touch uneven. There are a lot of people in the Calvin family and attempting to keep them straight is incredibly difficult, more so because the narrative is largely linear - except when it isn't.
I liked this better than Kolker's previous work, but this ultimately is a touch uneven. There are a lot of people in the Calvin family and attempting to keep them straight is incredibly difficult, more so because the narrative is largely linear - except when it isn't.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide