The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne FadimanThe Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California & 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, & the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest.
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Lia Lee (1982-2012)
Lia Lee died on August 31, 2012. She was thirty years old & had been in a vegetative state since the age of four. Until the day of her death, her family cared for her lovingly at home.
Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master
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