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Anne Fadiman

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1) The spirit catches you and you fall down

Author

Fadiman, Anne

Language

English

Appears on list

MCPL Book Club Kits

Formats

Book, Book Club Kit, eBook, Kindle

Description

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When three-month-old Lia Lee arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run "Quiet War" in Laos. The Hmong, traditionally a close-knit and fiercely proud people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most...