Anne Fadiman

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1) The spirit catches you and you fall down: a Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures

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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 people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most immigrants,...

2) The wine lover's daughter: a memoir

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Fadiman, Anne

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2017.

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"A memoir exploring the author's father's love of wine" --

3) Ex libris: confessions of a common reader

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Fadiman, Anne

Pub. Date

2000

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A collection of essays discusses the central and joyful importance of books and reading in the author's life.

4) At large and at small: confessions of a literary hedonist

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Fadiman, Anne

Pub. Date

2007

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"In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay - a beloved literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth ("at large") and its miniaturist focus ("at small"). With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, Fadiman draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions, ranging from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching...