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

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

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18 out of 18 people found this review helpful.

Hmong Means Free Man

Date of Review:  Apr 18, 2005
The Bottom Line: I would recommend this book to anyone who likes reading true stories or anyone that likes to read about different cultures .
Review: This book is required reading for medical students according to the Hmong Interpreter where I work. It was the winner of the national book critic's circle award. Was praised by editors from the Washington Post to the New York times and many others...
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  5.0

by: onabreak2
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Now Required Reading For Medical...
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Would have liked Hmong terms written in...
 
17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.

Smith's summer chore

Date of Review:  Aug 1, 2001
The Bottom Line: "The Spirit..." has potential, but is ultimately rocky and disorganized. Much of it is interesting, too much is muddled. Worth a skim, but don't read every word.
Review: As an entering student at Smith College, I found myself immersed in the new life I would be coming into: excited about everything, planning my class loads, wondering what my roommate would be like, fretting about dorms, the right place on campus,...
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  3.0

by: simplyk8
Recommended to buy: No

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enthusiastic author, Smith reading, a...
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Long; frequent strays from topic;...
 
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

book will bring you into another culture

Date of Review:  Oct 19, 2006
The Bottom Line: If you want to learn about how two cultures can collide and the effects of it, this is a good book to read.
Review: I had to read this book for a class I'm taking this semester. This book is actually our university's "book of the semester. This book is very informative and will make you feel like you've stepped into another culture.

This book is about a...
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  5.0

by: vdeevanna
Recommended to buy: Yes

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It is a fascinating story. Talks about...
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Fadiman often strays from the main...
 
13 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

It will make you think

Date of Review:  Dec 4, 2000
Review: This book is remarkable in that it manages to tell a compelling story about one little girl's epilepsy while, at the same time, offering a broad and moving expose about the cultural clash between Eastern and Western medicine.

The author of...
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  4.0

by: dov
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Absorbing Story
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Not always an "easy read"
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

A Typical One-Dimensional View

Date of Review:  Dec 1, 2007
The Bottom Line: Good reading for learning more about the Hmong; just don't fall into the same trap as the author and the book's doctors by generalizing about a diverse ethnic group.
Review: "The Spirit Catches You…" is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in learning trivia about Hmong-Americans and, in particular, the tragic outcome for an epileptic Hmong-American child caught in the middle of an epic clash between her Hmong...
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  3.0

by: nimh_rat
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Researched and wonderfully presented...
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An romantic and...
 
8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Smith Summer Reading a chore

Date of Review:  Aug 1, 2001
The Bottom Line: "The Spirit..." has potential, but is ultimately rocky and disorganized. While much of it is interesting, too much of it is muddled. Worth a skim, but don't read every word.
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  3.0

by: simplyk8
Recommended to buy: No

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Interesting idea, Smith summer reading,...
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Long; frequent strays from topic;...
 

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