San Antonio College Library

Painful and often misunderstood, schizophrenia profoundly affects people who have the disease and their loved ones. Here Ronald Chase, an accomplished biologist, sets out to better understand what happened to his older brother, Jim, who developed schizophrenia as a young adult. In a fiercely loyal and honest memoir, Chase uses scientific exploration to find answers to deeply personal questions about the course of his brother's illness.

The riveting story of an American family with twelve children, six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to conquer an elusive disease. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living in 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...