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Remarkably bright creatures : a novel / Shelby Van Pelt.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063204157
  • ISBN: 0063204150
  • ISBN: 9780063204164
  • ISBN: 0063204169
  • Physical Description: 360 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Read with Jenna" -- Page 1 of cover.
Subject:
Octopuses > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Fiction.
Mothers and sons > Fiction.
Missing persons > Investigation > Fiction.
Octopuses > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships.
Mothers and sons.
Octopuses.
Widows.
Genre:
Mystery fiction.
Animal fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Animal fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 21 of 105 copies available at Westchester Library System.

Holds

  • 22 current holds with 105 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Ardsley Public Library FICTION VAN PELT (Text) 31000151287318 Fiction Checked out 08/04/2025
Bedford Free Library FIC VAN (Text) 31002150876059 Fiction Available -
Bedford Hills Free Library VAN PELT (Text) 31003151438519 Fiction Available -
Briarcliff Manor Public Library FICTION VAN PELT (Text) 31036151007876 Fiction In transit -
Bronxville Public Library FICTION VAN PELT (Text) 31004151846966 Fiction Checked out 07/28/2025
Chappaqua Library FICTION VAN PELT (Text) 31005153453982 Fiction Checked out 07/24/2025
Chappaqua Library FICTION VAN PELT (Text) 31005154467122 Fiction Checked out 07/17/2025
Chappaqua Library FICTION VAN PELT (Text) 31005500437951 Fiction Checked out 07/23/2025
Croton Free Library FICTION/VAN PELT (Text) 31006151869625 Fiction Checked out 07/18/2025
Croton Free Library FICTION/VAN PELT (Text) 31006151947363 Fiction Checked out 08/04/2025