Photo: #The cover of "The Ape House," by Sara Gruen.
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The cover of "The Ape House," by Sara Gruen. (Image courtesy of Random House)

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The language of apes

Broadcast: Midmorning, 09/07/2010, 10:06 a.m.

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When writer Sara Gruen went to see the work being done at Great Ape Trust, an Iowa research center where scientists are studying how apes acquire and understand language, she came away transformed. Her time there inspired the new novel "The Ape House."

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  • Sara Gruen: Author of the best-seller "Water for Elephants." Her new novel is "The Ape House."

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