by Kevin Wilson
First published 2011
Buster and Annie Fang have spent their entire lives as unwilling participants in their parents' performance art pieces. Caleb and Camille Fang are artists who dedicate themselves to creating Art with a capital A, turning reality upside down wherever they go. Their children have played starring roles in these elaborate public spectacles since they were old enough to walk. Now adults, Buster and Annie can barely function in the normal world. When their lives fall apart, they return to their childhood home as their only refuge. There they discover that Caleb and Camille are preparing their greatest work yet. The family faces an impossible choice that will test every relationship and force them to decide what matters more: the pursuit of artistic vision or the bonds between parents and children.
Genres: art, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
416 pages · Paperback · De Harmonie