Anne Fadiman

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1) The spirit catches you and you fall down: a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures

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Fadiman, Anne

Language

English

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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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,...

2) At large and at small: familiar essays

Author

Fadiman, Anne

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

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[In this volume, the author] returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay - a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, [she] draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions: from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching butterflies...