Large Print Book
Remarkably bright creatures : a novel / Shelby Van Pelt.
Staying busy has helped Tova cope ever since her son disappeared decades ago. So when her husband dies, she takes a job at the aquarium, where she meets Marcellus, an octopus that deduces what happened to her son.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063242401
- ISBN: 0063242400
- Physical Description: 518 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Harper Large Print edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright: 2022
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| Subject: | Octopuses > Fiction. Widows > Fiction. Human-animal relationships > Fiction. Mothers and sons > Fiction. Missing children > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Large print books. Animal fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cameron Public Library | FIC VAN (Text) | 32311111199756 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/24/2024 |
| Bowling Green Public Library | LP Fic Van (Text) | 35030000019203 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
| Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | LP FIC VAN PELT (Text) | 31320003909210 | Large Print | Checked out | 05/01/2024 |
| Carrollton Public Library | FIC VAN LARGE PRINT (Text) | 30183000061565 | Adult Fiction | In transit | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | LP F VAN 2022 (Text) | 0002205414069 | Adult Large Print | In transit | - |
| Howard County Public Library | F/LP/Van (Text) | 34658000022769 | Large Print | In transit | - |
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| Salem Public Library | LP Fiction Van (Text) | 38264100559853 | Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 04/27/2024 |
| Sikeston Public Library | LPF V34 (Text) | 34140000065767 | Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 05/03/2024 |
