The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
Fadiman Anne
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Editeur - Casa editrice |
Noonday Press
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Asia
Sud Est asiatico
Laos
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1997
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Pagine - Pages
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341
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Titolo originale
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
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Lingua - language - langue
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eng
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child--and the lack of understanding that led to tragedy.
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