Name: Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick
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Author: Shelby Van Pelt
ISBN: 9780063204164

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Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick

Type

Physical Book

Author

Shelby Van Pelt

Publisher

Ecco Press

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9780063204164

Synopsis "Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick"

A New York Times Bestseller!A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!"Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender." -- Washington Post A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopusAfter Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late. Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

Shelby Van Pelt

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Shelby Van Pelt was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. She currently lives on the outskirts of Chicago with her family. Remarkably Bright Creatures is her first novel.

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