The Family Fang (Paperback)

from ImperfectCJ

Drowning in a sea of nonfiction, I clung to The Family Fang as I sputtered to the surface for a quick breath before being pulled under again by the book on meditation, the book on simple living, the book about colony collapse in honey bees, the book about the American who became a queen, the book...

from bluepigeon

I am temporarily stranded in Nashville, TN. Well, there aren't many great things I can say about Nashville (good bbq, inconvenient if you don't have a car [I don't have a car], some nice people, some annoying people, NOT "Athens of the South," whatever that may mean, though there is that giant re...

from msf59

"Mr. and Mrs. Fang called it art. Their children called it mischief." Meet the Fang family! Caleb and Camille and their children, Annie and Buster, known simply as Child A and Child B. The parents are performance artists, spending their lives, creating art out of bizarre everyday situations. The ...

from etxgardener

Camille and Caleb Fang are performance artists, specializing in disruptive acts in suburban shopping malls, who have incorporated their children Annie and Buster (know as Child A and Child B) into their art. The couple's surreal view of life, not surprisingly, has taken its toll on the children's...

from Rdra1962

The reviews of this book left me with the impression that I would find it a) predictable and b) annoying. It was anything but! The story is a bit bizarre but deep down it is the story of overcoming the mistakes that parents can inflict on their children, and of children (now grown) having to fina...