Social Justice Hybrid Book Discussion: The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman

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 soon after birth. Lia's parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between the two cultures led to tragedy.

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