{"product_id":"remarkably-bright-creatures-a-novel-by-shelby-van-pelt","title":"Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF SUMMER by: Chicago Tribune * The View * Southern Living * USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Remarkably Bright Creatures [is] an ultimately feel-good but deceptively sensitive debut. . . . Memorable and tender.” — Washington Post \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTova 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Next Chapter Books \u0026 Bookmobile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45427751485577,"sku":"9780063204157","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/6087\/8729\/files\/9780063204157.jpg?v=1774387096","url":"https:\/\/www.nextchapterbookmobile.com\/products\/remarkably-bright-creatures-a-novel-by-shelby-van-pelt","provider":"Next Chapter Books \u0026 Bookmobile","version":"1.0","type":"link"}