Biography & Memoir· United States
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
by Anne FadimanAggregate Editorial Score43/100
Goodreads Choice Award
Published 1997341 pagesEnglish
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Anne Fadiman's The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (1997) stands as one of the most significant works of biography & memoir of its era. The tragic collision between a Hmong refugee family and the American medical system over the care of their epileptic daughter is the subject of Fadiman's celebrated work of literary journalism. A profound meditation on cultural difference and the limits of understanding. Themes of Hmong culture, medicine, immigration run through the work. The book has received recognition from Goodreads Choice Award 1997.
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Goodreads Choice Award
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