Remarkably Bright Creatures [Movie Tie-In]

by Shelby Van Pelt

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A night-shift friendship and a long-unanswered mystery

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Praised by The Washington Post as “Memorable and tender”
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A night-shift friendship and a long-unanswered mystery

After her husband’s death, Tova Sullivan keeps busy with night work at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, where she befriends Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus. Tova has also lived for decades with the disappearance of her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, who vanished from a boat in Puget Sound. Marcellus, observant and more knowledgeable than his keepers realize, pieces together clues about that night and sets out to help Tova uncover what happened. The novel brings a family mystery into an aquarium setting, linking grief, companionship, and the possibility of facing the past. This collector’s edition includes ocean-inspired marbled edges and endpapers, gold foil, and a reading group guide.

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Readers interested in character-centered fiction about grief and companionship.
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Grief and lossFriendship across speciesFamily secrets and disappearanceConfronting the past

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Now a Netflix Film

Featuring a New Essay by Shelby Van Pelt About the Film Set

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 about what it feels like to have love taken away from you, only to find it again in the most unexpected places. . . . Memorable and tender." -- Washington Post

"Completely charming."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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 mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a brilliant, giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors--until he forms a 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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