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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
2 reviews
ka_ke's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Self harm, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
slantrhymes's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Suicide and Murder
Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Cancer, Car accident, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness
The author discusses all of the very, very difficult subjects as clinically and respectfully as possible--there is nothing sordid here--but he is honest about things that happened to and between the family members he interviewed for the book. Some of those things are stomach-turning.