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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Shelby Van Pelt
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DESCRIPTION:We invite you as we chat with the New York Times bestselling a
 uthor Shelby Van Pelt about her beloved novel Remarkably Bright Creatures.
  .\nhttps://ocls.libnet.info/event/10809283
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>We invite you to join us as we chat with t
 he amazing&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt a
 bout her beloved novel&nbsp\;Remarkably Bright Creatures. You don&rsquo\;t
  want to miss this deep-dive exploration of friendship\, reckoning\, hope\
 , and so much more!</p>\n<p>Remarkably Bright Creatures&nbsp\;is a luminou
 s debut novel about a widow&rsquo\;s unlikely friendship with a giant Paci
 fic octopus reluctantly residing at the local aquarium&mdash\;and the trut
 hs she finally uncovers about her son&rsquo\;s disappearance 30 years ago.
 </p>\n<p>After Tova Sullivan&rsquo\;s husband died\, she began working the
  night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium\, mopping floors and tidying up. K
 eeping busy has always helped her cope\, which she&rsquo\;s been doing sin
 ce her eighteen-year-old son\, Erik\, mysteriously vanished on a boat in t
 he Puget Sound over 30 years ago.</p>\n<p>As she works\, Tova becomes acqu
 ainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus\, a giant Pacific octopus living at the
  aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine\, but wouldn&rsquo
 \;t dream of lifting one of his eight tentacles for his human captors&mdas
 h\;until he forms an unlikely friendship with Tova.</p>\n<p>Ever the detec
 tive\, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova&rsquo\;s son disappe
 ared. As his affection for Tova grows\, Marcellus must use every trick his
  old\, invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it
 &rsquo\;s too late.</p>\n<p>Charming\, compulsively readable\, and full of
  wit\, Shelby Van Pelt&rsquo\;s debut novel is a beautiful exploration of 
 friendship\, reckoning\, and hope&ndash\;a reminder that sometimes taking 
 a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossibl
 e. Register now for a conversation you just don't want to miss!</p>\n<p></
 p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</strong> Shelby Van Pelt&rsquo\;s debut n
 ovel\, REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES\, was published by Ecco/HarperCollins (
 US) and Bloomsbury (UK) in Spring 2022 and was an Instant&nbsp\;New York T
 imes&nbsp\;bestseller and has sold a million and a half copies. Born and r
 aised in the Pacific Northwest\, she&rsquo\;s now missing the mountains in
  the Chicago area with her husband and two children.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p>The 
 views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a prog
 ram does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Re
 ference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorseme
 nt or recommendation by Orange County Library System.</p>\nhttps://ocls.li
 bnet.info/event/10809283
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