“So I was thinking of doing the same thing for books, trying to see how many people you get for a pajama party where you talk about a book. “You have virtual dance parties,” says Winfrey, who took part in an all-star online gathering hosted by DJ D-Nice. OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICK 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER The heartrending story of a mid-century American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became sciences great hope in the quest to understand-even cure-the disease. In addition to her programs on Apple, Winfrey hopes to organize what she is calling literary pajama parties on Instagram. She decided instead that books, and conversations about books, were needed more than ever. Not long after the Cummins show aired, in early March, the coronavirus spread around the country and Winfrey briefly wondered whether she should delay further choices. (Winfrey reiterated that she plans to choose books by Latinos in coming months). Hidden Valley Road tells the fascinating but tragic true story of the Galvin family from Colarado. What Winfrey had thought would be a show about immigration ended up being a forum about the lack of Latino representation in publishing, and in Winfrey’s club. ![]() The family became the subject of researchers investigating a genetic origin for schizophrenia. The book is an account of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, Colorado, a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia. But a month before its January release date, some Mexican-American writers faulted the novel about a Mexican mother and son fleeing north as uninformed and exploitative. Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family is a 2020 non-fiction book by Robert Kolker. Her previous selection, Jeanine Cummins’ “American Dirt,” had received widespread early praise and seemed set to be a critical and commercial hit. The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became sciences great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
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