The Juvenile Committee of the Greater
Lowell Bar Association

Book Club/Discussion Group

Wednesday November 2, 2011

1-2pm

Rogers Hall Community Room

196 Rogers Street, Lowell MA

Join us for a discussion of cultural issues in child welfare cases and The
Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital
in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed
with severe epilepsy. Lia’s parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but
the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics
Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the
Boston Book Review Rea Award for Non-fiction, Anne Fadiman’s compassionate account of this
cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest.”

This event is free and open to the public but please RSVP to elizabethbroderick@hotmail.com so we can
ensure sufficient space. Light refreshments will be served.