David Kranes

Family Matters is a serio-comic novel. It draws you in. It makes you laugh. Though not precisely a link in a novel series, it further explores the lives of the artist, Hunt, and his wife and two sons who first appeared in the author's earier publication The Hunting Years. Readers will encounter a driven artist who is also a driven husband and father. How does Hunt embrace both roles? His attempts are hilarious and nail-biting, touching, and inviting of tragedy. His pilgrimage to the Munch Museum in Oslo is emotionally fraught. Hunt is a character you will want to shame and, in the next moment, want to hug. He is a passionate artist with a family. And family matters.