Robert Kolker
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"Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dream. After World War II, Don's work with the Air Force brought them to Colorado, where their twelve children perfectly spanned the baby boom. There was a script for a family like the Galvins--hard work, upward mobility, domestic harmony--and they all tried to play their parts. But behind the closed doors of the house on Hidden Valley Road was a far different reality: psychological breakdown,...
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"Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker delivers a haunting and humanizing account of the true-life search for a serial killer still at large on Long Island, in a compelling tale of unsolved murder and Internet prostitution. One late spring evening in 2010, Shannan Gilbert, after running through the oceanfront community of Oak Beach screaming for her life, went missing. No one who had heard of her disappearance thought much about what...
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Resumen del libro por Strem readers, esta es una versin abreviada del ttulo original.
"Los chicos de Hidden Valley Road" narra la historia de una familia estadounidense que, marcada por la tragedia, se enfrenta a la esquizofrenia de varios de sus hijos. El libro explora cmo la enfermedad mental afecta a cada miembro de la familia y cmo, a travs de los aos, enfrentaron el estigma, el sufrimiento y las luchas relacionadas con esta condicin. A travs...
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Doce hermanos, seis diagnosticados con esquizofrenia. Una tragedia familiar, la gran esperanza de la ciencia para entender la enfermedad N.º 1 de la lista de libros más vendidos del New York Times Don y Mimi Galvin encarnan como nadie el espíritu ingenuo y entusiasta de los Estados Unidos de su época. Jóvenes y llenos de sueños y ambiciones, el futuro es para ellos un horizonte abierto. Los hijos no tardan en llegar: en 1945 nace Donald, el...
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Book summary by Loudly, this is an abridged version of the original title.
Hidden Valley Road tells the powerful true story of a family whose lives were deeply affected by mental illness. The book follows the Galvin family, where six of their twelve children were diagnosed with schizophrenia, offering a poignant look into the struggles, heartbreak, and resilience that defined their lives. It also explores the scientific and medical journey to understand...
7) Taxi driver
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English
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A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
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[2020]
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English
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The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.