Remarkably Bright Creatures Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures

    • 4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
    • $16.99

    • $16.99

Publisher Description

A New York Times Bestseller!

A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

“Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” -- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here

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.

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
MI
Marin Ireland
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
11:16
hr min
RELEASED
2022
May 3
PUBLISHER
HarperAudio
SIZE
565.2
MB

Customer Reviews

Sizzors Inc ,

Great book

It’s a lol and crying great book. You can’t go wrong and it’s hard to put it down.

LexiReader ,

One of my favorite books

I’ve read this book 2 times and I love it. The audiobook is done very well. In my opinion, Brooks does a very respectful job of crafting a story that braids the history of the island with the early Native Americans and the tension with European settlers. Her descriptions are thoughtful and helps one feel like they are living in that time. I learned a lot about the early colleges that we started in the US as well.

itmeltedintowonder ,

Excellent Listen!

Lovely characters, great writing, can’t wait to see what the author does next. Excellent choice of narrators as well!

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