Deadline for submission on editing: 8 Oct, 11:01 PM
Academic level: College
Subject or discipline: Nursing
Title: See directions below
Number of sources: 3
Paper format: APA
# of pages: 5
Spacing: Double spaced
# of words: 1375
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.
