When her young son is diagnosed with epilepsy, award-winning Colombian-American artist and poet, Ana María Caballero, is devastated and hopelessly confused by America’s healthcare system. As the long journey of healing commences, Caballero eschews traditional medicine and instead turns to a group of alternative healers she’s worked with before, whom she affectionately refers to as “her army of witch doctors.”
A Petit Mal: A Mother's Healing Love Song is a gripping and finely-tuned memoir that tells two intertwined stories—one about Caballero’s son and the other, her quest to understand, and to ultimately heal his epilepsy. Caballero fearlessly details her experiences of motherhood and healing, as she and her husband seek alternative healing for their suffering child.
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