Inside the mind of an American family

By Philippa Tracy

Hidden Valley Road is the story of an American family striving for the American dream. There are 12 children: two girls and 10 boys, six diagnosed with schizophrenia, one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Although the book is ostensibly a family history, it is much more than that; it is also a history of schizophrenia, the various and ever-changing medical views about the illness, causes and treatments. Told in three parts...