TY - BOOK AU - Patricia Chao TI - Monkey king SN - 006092893 U1 - 813.54 CHAM PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Harper & Collins Publishers KW - American English Fiction N2 - 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 living 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 ER -