Description
Join Penny Foley for a discussion of “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt.’ 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. At the aquarium, Tova becomes acquainted with the curmudgeon Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium since he was rescued. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine. As his friendship with Tova grows, he decides he must divulge what happened to her son before it becomes too late.’ Come having read the book and be ready for a great discussion.
