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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
by Fadiman, Anne (Preface by)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- 6/7
- ISBN 10
- 0374525641
- ISBN 13
- 9780374525644
- Seller
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Belen, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Noonday Press, 1998. Trade paperback. 6. New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 341 p. Audience: General/trade. New.
Synopsis
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures is a 1997 book by Anne Fadiman that chronicles the struggles of a Hmong refugee family and their interactions with the health care system in Merced, California. On the most basic level, the book tells the story of the girl Lia Lee, who is diagnosed with severe epilepsy, and the culture conflict that obstructs her treatment.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carobok (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.0000519
- Title
- The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
- Author
- Fadiman, Anne (Preface by)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - 6
- Jacket Condition
- 7
- ISBN 10
- 0374525641
- ISBN 13
- 9780374525644
- Publisher
- Noonday Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1998
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...