On the surface, the Galvins were the model American family. Parents Mimi and Don lived in Colorado Springs in the 1950s and 60s and had 12 children, 10 boys and two girls. Don Galvin was an instructor at the Air Force Academy.
It’s a revelation in narrative nonfiction. 6:05 pm, May 25, 2021 ×
Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker’s followup to 2013’s “Lost Girls” is a heartbreaking, hard-to-put-down dive into the mind of an American family.
“Hidden Valley Road” follows hardworking, all-American military couple Mimi and Don Galvin. One after the other, six of their 12 children are diagnosed with schizophrenia, as the remaining children stand by, terrified of their surroundings as well as their own potential diagnoses.
Kolker pays special attention to the two youngest children, also the only girls Lindsay and Margaret and how they survived a household of 10 brothers, mental illness, violence and hidden abuse.
May 26—Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker's followup to 2013's "Lost Girls" is a heartbreaking, hard-to-put-down dive into the mind of an American family. "Hidden Valley Road" follows hardworking, all-American military couple Mimi and Don Galvin. One after the other, six of their 12 children are diagnosed with schizophrenia, as the remaining children stand by, terrified of .