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Remarkably bright creatures : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Remarkably bright creatures : a novel

Van Pelt, Shelby (author.).

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780063204171
  • ISBN: 0063204169
  • ISBN: 9780063204164
  • ISBN: 0063204150
  • ISBN: 9780063204157
  • Physical Description: 360 pages ; 24 cm.
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
  • Badges:
    • Most Copies: 5 / 5.0
    • Top Circs: 5 / 5.0
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0

Contents / Notes

Awards Note:
BookBrowse Debut Award Winner, 2022
Subject: Book group discussion kits.
Mother-son relationship Fiction
Animal behavior Fiction
Widows Fiction
Octopuses Fiction
Widows
Octopuses
Mothers and sons
Human-animal relationships
Missing persons Investigation
FICTION / Animals
FICTION / Family Life / General
FICTION / Literary
Personnes disparues Enquêtes Romans, nouvelles, etc
Mères et fils Romans, nouvelles, etc
Relations homme-animal Romans, nouvelles, etc
Veuves Romans, nouvelles, etc
Poulpes Romans, nouvelles, etc
Octopuses Fiction
Missing persons Investigation Fiction
Mothers and sons Fiction
Human-animal relationships Fiction
Widows Fiction
Octopuses Fiction
Genre: Fictional Work.
Romans.
Novels.
Animal fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
Animal fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Currently available copies

  • 44 out of 164 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 1 out of 7 copies are currently available at Athens Regional Library System.

Holds

  • 34 current holds on 164 total copies.
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      Athens-Clarke County Library
FIC VAN PELT ( Send Text)
31001005210548 FICTION Reshelving
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      Athens-Clarke County Library
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31001008532856 FICTION Checked out
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      Bogart Library
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      Danielsville/Madison County Library
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31001006210927 NEW-BKS In transit
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      Lavonia Carnegie Library
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31001008534902 FICTION Checked out
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      Lexington/Oglethorpe County Library
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      Winterville Library
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31001006113642 FICTION On holds shelf

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