Monkey King Author:Patricia Chao Monkey King  tells the story of 28-year-old Sally Wang, a Chinese-American woman whose mental breakdown and sojourn in a hospital set her firmly on the path of memory.Her recovery takes place against a rich tapestry of culture and personality that unfolds before our eyes under the Monkey King's ghostly shadow. For Sally has been livi... more »ng with a terrible family secret, one that has shattered her life. How she pulls together her Chinese and American identities into a cohesive self and rejoins the land of the living is recounted with a wry and refreshing honesty.« less
Let you feel the authenticity of a chinese culture and also the study of what goes awry in a family if something goes very wrong. Ultimately the victim of incest pays for it the most.