The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures / Anne Fadiman.
| Author/creator | Fadiman, Anne, 1953- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Noonday Press, ©1997. |
| Description | ix, 341 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Birth -- Fish soup -- The spirit catches you and you fall down -- Do doctors eat brains? -- Take as directed -- High-velocity transcortical lead therapy -- Government property -- Foua and Nao Kao -- A little medicine and a little Neeb -- War -- The big one -- Flight -- Code X -- The melting pot -- Gold and dross -- Why did they pick Merced? -- The eight questions -- The life or the soul -- The sacrifice. |
| General note | "Reader's Guide": p. [343]-[348]. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index. |
| ISBN | 0374525641 : |