An тАЬoddball fairy taleтАЭ (The New York Times)тАФshortlisted for one of FranceтАЩs highest literary prizesтАФa dark, funny, and wholly charming novel about a young boy and his eccentric family, who grapple with the realities of mental illness in unique and whimsical ways.
A young boy lives with his madcap parents, Louise and George, and an exotic bird in a Parisian apartment, where the unopened mail rises in a tower by the door and his parents dance each night to Nina SimoneтАЩs mellifluous classic тАЬMister Bojangles.тАЭ As his mother, mesmerizing and unpredictable, descends deeper into her own mind, it is up to the boy and his father to keep her safeтАФand, when that fails, happy. Fleeing Paris for a country home in Spain, they come to understand that some of the most radiant people bear the heaviest burdens.
Told from the perspective of a young boy who idolizes his parentsтАФand from GeorgeтАЩs journals, detailing his epic love story with his wifeтАФWaiting for Bojangles is a тАЬlighthearted and yet sorrowful taleтАЭ (San Francisco Chronicle) that will stay with you long after the final page.