This is a great book and a must read for every high school student and medical professional. I won't go into the story, because you should read the book if you're interested in a five star book. But it is full of eastern hill tribes (the Hmong of S.E. Asia) dealing with western medicine in Madera, Calif. It's a sad story of copious misunderstanding on the part of western medicine and the Hmong people in the book. But it seems eventually the doctors treating the little girl in the story "get it" but not til much angst on the parents part. Read it, you won't be sorry you did.