Critical Praise
"Fadiman describes with extraordinary skill the colliding worlds of Western medicine and Hmong culture."
— The New Yorker
"Ms. Fadiman tells her story with a novelist’s grace, playing the role of cultural broker, comprehending those who do not comprehend each other and perceiving what might have been done or said to make the outcome different."
— Richard Bernstein, The New York Times
"So good I want to somehow make it required reading . . .The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores issues of culture, immigration, medicine, and the war in [Laos] with such skill that it’s nearly impossible to put down."
— Linnea Lannon, The Detroit Free Press
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