It's a memoir of a girl trying to hold on to the part of herself that comes from her grandparents' Chinese culture while living out her desires and ambitions, healthy and not-so, as a young independent woman in San Francisco. The tension is palpable and exciting. On stage is a family of immigrants. Wishbone seems most valuable as a historical recording, an honest account of a particular place during a particular time. By skillfully laying the colorful details of her experiences side by side, Lee has created a poignant image of her own attempt to find herself in a land of culture complexities.
Wishbone is definitely worth reading.
She lives in San Francisco with her husband, George, a chef for the Salvation Army's Senior Meals Program, and their cat, Zoe. Zoe was her concubine in a previous life and likes her soft food spooned into a small corn tortilla and microwaved lightly.