All Booked Up to Read The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down in October
Lia's doctors ascribed her seizures to the misfiring of her cerebral neurons; her parents called her illness, qaug dab peg--the spirit catches you and you fall down--and ascribed it to the wandering of her soul. The doctors prescribed anticonvulsants; her parents preferred animal sacrifices. (Amazon.com)
Pick up your copy of this facinating book, and join us on October 4th to discuss the real-life struggle between Western doctors and an immigrant Hmong family, both trying to do what's best for three-month-old Lia Lee.
To read more about this book by Anne Fadiman, click here.
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