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Tova Sullivan works the night shift at an aquarium while quietly carrying the grief of her husband’s death and her son’s long-ago disappearance.
When she forms an unlikely bond with Marcellus, a remarkably intelligent giant Pacific octopus, the past begins to surface in ways she never expected.
$195.00
A New York Times Bestseller, a Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick, and now a Netflix film, Remarkably Bright Creatures is a charming and tender debut novel about friendship, reckoning, and hope.
After the death of her husband, Tova Sullivan begins working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, especially since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound more than thirty years ago.
At the aquarium, Tova becomes acquainted with Marcellus, a curmudgeonly giant Pacific octopus who knows far more than anyone imagines. Though he has little interest in helping his human captors, his connection with Tova becomes something unexpected and remarkable.
Marcellus, ever the detective, begins to deduce what happened on the night Tova’s son disappeared. With time running out, he must use every trick his old invertebrate body can manage to help uncover the truth.
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes looking carefully at the past can reveal a future that once seemed impossible.
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