Life is as much about who we are as about what we do. Books celebrate\, enhance\, and influence us to understand our selves and the world around us.
\nEach book selected for this discus sion group will explore a different complex theme of humanity from self di scovery and personal relationships to grief and resilience. Each month par ticipants will ask themselves\, "What do I know to be true about...." and refer back to the selected fiction or nonfiction work to frame their discu ssion\, and relate the themes to their own lives. \;
\nTo partic ipate in the book club\, pick up your copy from the front desk of the Glen dale\, Central Library\, or provide your own. Books will be due back at ea ch book club meeting\, which will take place the second Wednesday of each month from 1:30 PM -3:00 PM. \;
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This month's Theme: What Do I know to be True Ab out Friendship?
\n\nThis month we will be exploring the theme of Friendship through the novel Remarkably Bright Creatures by S helby Van Pelt. \;
\nAfter Tova Sullivan's husband died\, she be gan working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium\, mopping floors an d tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope\, which she's been d oing since her
\n\;eighteenyear-old son\, Erik\, mysteriously v anished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acqua inted 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 r emarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective\, Marcellus deduces wha t happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use ev ery trick his old invertebrate body can muster to \;unearth the truth for her before it's too late. \;
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