Remarkably bright creatures: a novel
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“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” -- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here
For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus
After 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.
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Fiction
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Investigation
Large print books
Literature
Missing children
Missing children -- Fiction
Missing persons
Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction
Mothers and sons
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
Octopuses
Octopuses -- Fiction
Widows
Widows -- Fiction
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Grouping Title | remarkably bright creatures |
Grouping Author | shelby van pelt |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-10-22 06:51:48AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-10-22 06:53:31AM |
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Urie, Michael
Urie, Michael,narrator
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HarperCollins
Audiobooks
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction
Large print books
Missing children -- Fiction
Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction
Mothers and sons -- Fiction
Octopuses -- Fiction
Widows -- Fiction
Remarkably bright creatures : a novel / Shelby Van Pelt
Remarkably bright creatures : a novel / by Shelby Van Pelt
Human-animal relationships
Investigation
Literature
Missing children
Missing persons
Mothers and sons
Octopuses
Widows
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