The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Anne Fadiman

352 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction health science challenging emotional informative slow-paced

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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWhen 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 doc...

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informative 89%
emotional 67%
reflective 56%
challenging 55%
sad 46%
inspiring 25%
tense 13%
hopeful 10%
dark 9%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%

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slow 38%
fast 5%

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