This is a wonderful forever book xGeorge Booth cartoonist for The New YorkerAfter the Fall introduces us to a brilliantly eccentric family from New Yorkxs Upper East Side Pops a self-made millionaire is a mad inventor who gleans his inspiration from popovers and Raquel Welsh Mother is a fabulously dressed but mercurial socialite from Buenos Aires whose weapon of choice is a croquet mallet Young Alan our earnest and studious narrator and his drama-queen little sister Alex love their parents but must turn to their good-natured housekeeper and cook for a better sense of reality One fateful day Alan returns home to find that the family has gone bust not even a penny to be found The next morning to the childrenxs surprise the family wakes up in Central Park along with the entire contents of their penthouse arranged just as beforexart furniture pugs and all Aided by their two loyal housekeepers and fed by the maitre dx from their favorite restaurant the family makes Central Park into a comfortable and creative homeBut soon the strains of lifexand the weather which is getting chillyxthreaten to tear apart the parentsx marriage As the holiday season approaches the children rise to the challenge of bringing their family back togetherWith more than two hundred drawings and featuring kimono-clad squirrels and a visit by a Yeti this delicious tale is a love letter to family creativity and New York illustrations.
