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SUMMARY:Steve Redan Memorial Author Series - Shelby Van Pelt
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DESCRIPTION:Sign up for an exciting virtual chat with the author of your f
 avorite book. .\nhttps://roxburylibrary.libnet.info/event/11510717
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>Ab
 out the Author: Shelby Van Pelt&rsquo\;s debut novel\, REMARKABLY BRIGHT C
 REATURES\, was published by Ecco/HarperCollins (US) and Bloomsbury (UK) in
  Spring 2022 and was an Instant&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestseller and 
 has sold a million and a half copies. Born and raised in the Pacific North
 west\, she&rsquo\;s now missing the mountains in the Chicago area with her
  husband and two children.</p>\n<p>Free access to The Steve Redan Memorial
  Author Series is made possible through the support and generosity of the 
 Redan family.</p>\n<p>Register online or by calling the library at (973) 5
 84-2400.</p>\nhttps://roxburylibrary.libnet.info/event/11510717
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