#34 in Biography & memoir
Hidden Valley Road
- NYT bestseller · 7 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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About the book
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family is a 2020 non-fiction book by Robert Kolker. The book is an account of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a mid 20th-century American family with twelve children, six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia. The family became the subject of researchers investigating a genetic origin for schizophrenia.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.4 across 198 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 57% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Biography & memoir average of 8.1. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 7 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8.4 | 191 | 97% |
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