Spirit Catches You, And You Fall Down
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Fadiman, Anne
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Now with a new Afterword bring the story up to date, fresh new life for the beloved classic that is perennially one of FSG's bestselling backlist titles
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
With a New Foreword by the Author
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia's parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest.
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Now with a new Afterword bring the story up to date, fresh new life for the beloved classic that is perennially one of FSG's bestselling backlist titles
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
With a New Foreword by the Author
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia's parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest.
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