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SUMMARY:An Exploration of Friendship\, Reckoning\, and Hope
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DESCRIPTION:New York Times bestselling author Shelby Van Pelt chats abo
 ut her novel "Remarkably Bright Creatures" with a deep-dive exploration
  of friendship\, reckoning\, hope\, and so much more!.\nhttps://edisonpubl
 iclibrary.libnet.info/event/10854056
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>We invite you to join us as we chat with t
 he amazing&nbsp\;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp\;bestselling author Shelby V
 an Pelt about her beloved novel&nbsp\;<em>Remarkably Bright Creatures</em>
 . You don&rsquo\;t want to miss this deep-dive exploration of friendship\,
  reckoning\, hope\, and so much more!</p>\n<p><em>Remarkably Bright Creatu
 res</em>&nbsp\;is a luminous debut novel about a widow&rsquo\;s unlikely f
 riendship with a giant Pacific octopus reluctantly residing at the local a
 quarium&mdash\;and the truths she finally uncovers about her son&rsquo\;s 
 disappearance 30 years ago.</p>\n<p>After Tova Sullivan&rsquo\;s husband d
 ied\, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium\, moppi
 ng floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope\, which 
 she&rsquo\;s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son\, Erik\, mysteriou
 sly vanished on a boat in the Puget Sound over 30 years ago.</p>\n<p>As sh
 e works\, Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus\, a giant Pa
 cific 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&mdash\;until he forms an unlikely friendship with T
 ova.</p>\n<p>Ever the detective\, Marcellus deduces what happened the nigh
 t Tova&rsquo\;s son disappeared. As his affection for Tova grows\, Marcell
 us 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\, compulsi
 vely readable\, and full of wit\, Shelby Van Pelt&rsquo\;s debut novel is 
 a beautiful exploration of friendship\, reckoning\, and hope&ndash\;a remi
 nder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a futu
 re that once felt impossible. Register now for a conversation you just don
 't want to miss!</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author</strong></p>\n<p>Shelby 
 Van Pelt&rsquo\;s debut novel\, <em>Remarkably Bright Creatures</em>\, was
  published by Ecco/HarperCollins (US) and Bloomsbury (UK) in Spring 2022 a
 nd was an instant&nbsp\;<em>New York Times</em>&nbsp\;bestseller and has s
 old a million and a half copies. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest\
 , she&rsquo\;s now missing the mountains in the Chicago area with her husb
 and and two children.</p>\nhttps://edisonpubliclibrary.libnet.info/event/1
 0854056
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