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341 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374975807
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Lia Lee was born in 1982 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead after a tragic cycle of misunderstanding, over-medication, and culture clash: "What the doc...
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informative: 88%
emotional: 69%
reflective: 59%
challenging: 55%
sad: 49%
inspiring: 21%
tense: 16%
hopeful: 13%
dark: 8%
adventurous: 3%
funny: 1%
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Medical trauma, Medical content, Chronic illnessModerate
Animal death, War, RacismMinor
Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Suicide
341 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374975807
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Lia Lee was born in 1982 to a family of recent Hmong immigrants, and soon developed symptoms of epilepsy. By 1988 she was living at home but was brain dead after a tragic cycle of misunderstanding, over-medication, and culture clash: "What the doc...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 88%
emotional: 69%
reflective: 59%
challenging: 55%
sad: 49%
inspiring: 21%
tense: 16%
hopeful: 13%
dark: 8%
adventurous: 3%
funny: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Medical trauma, Medical content, Chronic illnessModerate
Animal death, War, RacismMinor
Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Suicide