Ape House, by Sara Gruen; 320 pp., Spiegel & Grau; $26.By Terri L. ParkerReading Sara Gruen’s Ape House, I was reminded of one April Fool’s Day when my daughters were 6 and 4.I got up in the morning and excitedly called them: “Come quick, our cat Mittens is talking!”Their astonished but not disbelieving faces as they rushed into the living … [Read more...]