Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Read with Jenna Pick Kindle Edition

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“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a gorgeous examination of how loneliness may also be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” — Kevin Wilson, creator of Nothing to See Here

For fans of A Man Known as 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 at all times 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 consider 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 should use each and 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 once in a while taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt unimaginable.