THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN ~ ANNIE FADIMAN ~ SOFT COVER ~ NEW

Description: THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN: A HMONG CHILD, HER AMERICAN DOCTORS, AND THE COLLISION OF TWO CULTURES ~ ANNIE FADIMAN~ SOFT COVER ~NEW THIS TRUE NARRATIVE EXPLORES THE CLASH BETWEEN A SMALL COUNTRY HOSPITAL AND A REFUGEE FAMILY FROM LAOS OVER THE CARE OF THEIR SMALL, DAUGHTER DIAGNOSED WITH SEVERE EPILIPSY. THE PARENTS AND THE DOCTORS BOTH WANTED WHAT WAS BEST FOR THE CHILD, BUT THE LACK OF UNDERSTANDUNG BETWEEN THEM LED TO TRAGEDY IN THIS PASSIONATE ACCOUNT OF A CULTURAL IMPASSE WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD EDITION: 2001 NOTE: Page edges very slightly yellowed, otherwise in excellent new condition, not previously read HERE'S THE DEAL: You must pay within 48 hours of your purchase PayPal (USA). PayPal ONLY outside USA *** If you email me with Offers to Sell Off-site, I will report you to eBay and put you on my blocked list. SHIPPING I ship via Media Mail which is $5.39 throughout the entire continental United States. I provide the weight (1 lb.) and YOU calculate the shipping. Click on the USPS Postage Rate Calculator URL link below. Check the button for the regular size package and calculate your shipping from USA 60614 to your zip code. I ship USA Media Mail. First-Class Mail International. These are the least expensive rates. If you win it and prefer Priority Mail, look on the USPS Rate Calculator link above and email that preference to me, and include the additional postage cost in your Pay Pal payment . Winner will be invoiced through PayPal. Any questions, please ask before you bid.

Price: 10 USD

Location: Chicago, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-28T16:12:56.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.39 USD

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Book Title: THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN

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Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Subject: Literature, Modern

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Publication Year: 2001

Type: TRUE NARRATIVE

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Author: ANNIE FADIMAN

Genre: Drama, Family, Parenting & Relations, Health, Treatments & Medicine, Mind, Body & Spirit, Modern & Contemporary, Philosophy

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Topic: A POIGNANT TRAGEDY, AMERICAN MEDICINE, COLLIDING WORLDS OF WESTERN MEDICINE AND HMONG CULTURE, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, IMMIGRATION, TRUE STORY