Bob Kolker

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Nonfiction author of HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD and LOST GIRLS. THE VANISHING FAMILY is coming 9/29/26. Contributor to The New York Times Magazine and other pubs. For articles and contact info, visit robertkolker.com

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"Will We Ever Understand Dementia?“-Robert Kolker "With the gene carriers,you can get in very early,maybe even before any age-related change is happening,any pathology is present at all...I think it’s going to be a really huge decade.We’re just beginning.”@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/s...

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A diagnosis of dementia of any kind is devastating. The hereditary form of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), could mean an entire family is destined for the same fate. In this week’s book club episode, Robert Kolker paints an intimate portrait of one such family in The Vanishing Family.

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Robert Kolker joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the story of nine siblings who began to lose themselves to frontotemporal dementia.

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I’m over the moon about today’s review of THE VANISHING FAMILY in The New York Times. Many thanks to Casey Schwartz and the Book Review for their attention to this family’s inspiring story. 😊

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Dementia patients gradually lose social inhibitions, empathy and shame, forcing those who love them to ask: How much of the self endures?

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