Ape House​

The ape-language lab’s bonobo subjects - Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani and Makena - are capable of reason and carrying on deep relationships. They know American Sign Language. Isabel Duncan doesn’t understand people very well; she gets animals. Isabel feels more comfortable with the apes than she’s ever felt with humans... until she meets John Thigpen, a reporter for a small newspaper who braves the animal rights protesters to uncover what is really going on inside the ape-language lab. When an explosion robs Isabel and the other scientists at the lab of all human contact, John becomes their salvation. But does he want to refashion their lives for them or report on their unique situation? Having John Thigpen around has been the best thing that ever happened to Isabel - until it turns into the worst.