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Remarkably bright creatures : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0063204150 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780063204157 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780063204157
- ISBN: 0063204150
- ISBN: 9780063204164
- ISBN: 0063204169
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Physical Description:
print
pages cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, 2022.
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "For fans of A Man Called Ove, a luminous debut novel about a widow's unlikely friendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium-and the truths she finally uncovers about her son's disappearance 30 years ago"-- |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Octopuses Fiction Widows Fiction Human-animal relationships Fiction Mothers and sons Fiction |
| Genre: | Animal fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 11 of 96 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Thomaston Public Library.
Holds
- 109 current holds with 96 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Thomaston Public Library | FIC VAN PELT (Text) | 34020146473259 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 04/29/2024 |
Remarkably Bright Creatures : A Read with Jenna Pick
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Remarkably Bright Creatures : A Read with Jenna Pick
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! NAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today "Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender." -- Washington Post 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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