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Remarkably bright creatures : a novel

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Large Print Book

First Harper Large Print edition.

"For 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 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. Shelby 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."--

Available copies

  • 21 of 35 copies available at Westchester Library System.

Current holds

15 current holds with 35 total copies.

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Book 2 CD Audiobook 1 Large Print Book 1 English 3 Spanish 1 All formats and editions 4
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Ardsley Public Library LARGE PRINT VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31000151329029
On holds shelf
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Bedford Free Library LARGE PRINT V (Text)
Large Print
31002150857604
Available
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Bedford Hills Free Library LP VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31003151630024
Checked out
02/28/2025
Briarcliff Manor Public Library FICTION VAN PELT (Text)
Fiction
31036151018832
Available
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library LARGE PRINT FICTION VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31036151008544
Available
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library LARGE PRINT FICTION VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31036151018824
Available
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Briarcliff Manor Public Library LARGE PRINT FICTION VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31036151018980
Available
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Bronxville Public Library LARGE PRINT VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31004151950065
Checked out
03/03/2025
Chappaqua Library LARGE PRINT FICTION VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31005154382206
Checked out
03/01/2025
Greenburgh Public Library LP VAN PELT (Text)
Large Print
31009155004496
Available
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