- Lan Cao
Lan Cao (1961 - ) is the author of the 1997 novel "Monkey Bridge" and is a professor of law at the
College of William and Mary .Cao was born in
Vietnam and experienced theVietnam War as acivilian . She moved to theUnited States when she was 13. Cao received her B.A. in political science fromMount Holyoke College in 1983 and her J.D. from theYale University law school."Monkey Bridge" [ [http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-0140263616-2 Monkey Bridge (1998) - ISBN 0140263616] ] is the semi-autobiographical story of a mother and daughter who leave Vietnam to come to the United States. It is considered to be "the first novel by a
Vietnamese American about the war experience and its aftermath" [ [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/981120/4lancaotospeakofbridgin.html "Lan Cao to Speak of Bridging Two Cultures in Lyon Lecture"] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.wm.edu/law/facultyadmin/faculty/cao-653.shtml William and Mary Biography]
* [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/adm/outcomes/cao.shtml Mount Holyoke Biography]
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3822/is_200404/ai_n9470358/print Bridging the Gaps: Inescapable History in Lan Cao's Monkey Bridge]
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