Hidden Valley Road

This was a really good, but really difficult book to read. I'm still not sure I liked it exactly, but I'm glad to have read it. Some of it hit a bit too close to home - mental illness runs in my family, though not schizophrenia, but a close family friend who we call uncle is schizophrenic; my grandmother is/was very much like the matriarch here in not wanting to talk about the bad things. Other parts dragged - I get that it's a huge family and everyone needs to be discussed, but it got to be a bit much sometimes. Overall, really well done.