Fadiman Book Review Directions

Directions:

1. Read Fadiman, A. book: [Fadiman, A. (1997). The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.]

2. Write review using following guidelines:

a. APA 6th edition guidelines for a paper. Title page, running head, page numbers, 1-1.5 margins, 11 or 12 pt/Time Roman font, Levels of heading 1 (centered, bolded, upper and lower case) and level 2 headings (flush left, bolded, upper and lower case, see (pg 62 APA 6th edition book), 3rd person, reference page.

b. Format: Introduction required with purpose statement, body of paper includes the following Summary (see below); Author and Sources (see below [where did author graduate from college, jobs/positions held; literary awards; specifics unique to the writing of this book]; Critique; and Conclusion.

c. What should go in the section "Sources": in this section write about the author, A. Fadiman; where did she go to school, college? What was her major? What jobs had she held in the past? How did she get this particular assignment? Talk about her experience in writing this book? There is quite a bit of information available on Ann Fadiman so I believe you should be able to find this information pretty easily.

3. Recommendations for length 5 pages excluding title and reference page.