The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down

Name: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down
Rating: 3.50 (2 reviews)

by Anne Fadiman

2 ratings • 2 reviews • 8 shelved

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall down

by Anne Fadiman

2 ratings • 2 reviews • 8 shelved

Discusses a sick child of Laotian immigrants whose beliefs conflict with Western medicine.

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ISBN10 0374525641
ISBN13 9780374525644
Publish Date 30 September 1998 (first published 30 September 1997)
Publish Status Out of Stock
Out of Print 11 September 2012
Publish Country US
Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Format Paperback
Pages 272
Language English

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charlton

Written on Feb 12, 2016

I thought this book was extraordinary (sp).
You learn about Lia Lee (the child with epilepsy)and also about the Hmong society.
This book is heart-wrenching,there are many sad moments.

This was an extremely sad book and it becomes even sadder when you realize that it's based on a real story. I had to read it for a nursing class, but it's defiantly the type of novel that I would read outside of class too.