Monkey King: A Novel
by Patricia Chao
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A young Chinese-American woman is driven into a mental asylum by her family's reaction to rape by her father. They know he did it repeatedly, but they refuse to acknowledge it, saying she is inventing. A clash of cultures, in this case Oriental family solidarity versus Western individual rights. A first novel.Tags
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Lovely writing, disturbing story of repeated childhood sexual abuse in a Chinese American family, and the secrets hidden beneath complex immigrant issues
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