Sara Gruen returns with an immensely charming and engaging novel in which a family of apes teaches us what it means to be human. When the apes are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA. "The Ape House" is a riveting, funny and deeply moving new novel that secures Sara Gruens place as a master storyteller who allows us to see ourselves as we never have before.