Remarkably Bright Creatures A Novel - Shelby Van Pelt
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Remarkably Bright Creatures A Novel

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Language
English
Published in
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
360
ISBN
9780063204157
After the death of her husband, Tova Sullivan finds solace working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Keeping busy helps her cope with a deeper, older grief: the mysterious disappearance of her eighteen-year-old son more than thirty years ago. Her quiet, orderly life takes a turn when she befriends Marcellus, the aquarium's giant Pacific octopus. Tova soon discovers that Marcellus is a remarkably intelligent creature with a knack for escaping his tank and a keen observational eye for the humans around him.

Elsewhere, a young man named Cameron Cassmore travels to Sowell Bay, adrift and in pursuit of the father he never met. His search leads him to a temporary job at the very same aquarium, setting his path on a collision course with Tova's. What unfolds is a story of three seemingly separate lives, woven together by an unlikely friendship with an octopus who holds the key to unlocking a long-unsolved mystery. This novel explores how examining the past can reveal a future that once seemed impossible, revealing the profound connections that can be found in the most unexpected of places.

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Remarkably Bright Creatures A Novel Originally published in 2022
Original language
English
Original publisher HarperCollins

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